Fig. 1: Classification of four regions globally and hypothesized region-specific effect of bedrock water holding capacity on ecosystem sensitivity.
From: Bedrock mediates responses of ecosystem productivity to climate variability
The global terrestrial surface is divided into four regions, according to the sign of calculated ecosystem sensitivity and primary constraints of ecosystem productivity for different ecoregions (Table S1; Figs. S1 and S2). We hypothesize that the effect of bedrock water holding capacity on ecosystem sensitivity (steeper slope represents higher sensitivity) varies by region and list predictions of model results (signs of coefficients in Eq. 5) if the hypotheses are supported. “Poro”- porosity, “Perm”- permeability, “ZReg”- thickness of regolith, “Zsoil”- soil thickness. In the last row: the mean effect size is represented by a circle and vertical lines describe 95% credible intervals of the effect size.
