Linking plant functional trait plasticity and the large increase in forest water use efficiency

Constrained variability of modeled T :ET ratio across biomes

(2017) Simone Fatichi et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

How do leaf and ecosystem measures of water-use efficiency compare?

(2017) Belinda E. Medlyn et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ecosystem functioning is enveloped by hydrometeorological variability

(2017) Christoforos Pappas et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Traits to stay, traits to move: a review of functional traits to assess sensitivity and adaptive capacity of temperate and boreal trees to climate change

(2016) I. Aubin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS

Modification of land-atmosphere interactions by CO2 effects: Implications for summer dryness and heat wave amplitude

(2016) Léo Lemordant et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Stomatal response to humidity and CO2 implicated in recent decline in US evaporation

(2016) Angela J. Rigden et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Boreal and temperate trees show strong acclimation of respiration to warming

(2016) Peter B. Reich et al.   NATURE

Seasonality of temperate forest photosynthesis and daytime respiration

(2016) R. Wehr et al.   NATURE

Evolutionary trade-offs in stomatal spacing

(2016) Tracy Lawson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Optimal allocation of leaf epidermal area for gas exchange

(2016) Hugo J. de Boer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effects of kinetics of light-induced stomatal responses on photosynthesis and water-use efficiency

(2016) Lorna McAusland et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The response of ecosystem water-use efficiency to rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations: sensitivity and large-scale biogeochemical implications

(2016) Jürgen Knauer et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Wind increases leaf water use efficiency

(2016) Stanislaus J. Schymanski et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Partitioning direct and indirect effects reveals the response of water-limited ecosystems to elevated CO2

(2016) Simone Fatichi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Enhanced seasonal CO2 exchange caused by amplified plant productivity in northern ecosystems

(2016) M. Forkel et al.   SCIENCE

Response ofQuercus velutinagrowth and water use efficiency to climate variability and nitrogen fertilization in a temperate deciduous forest in the northeastern USA

(2016) Katie A. Jennings et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Traits to stay, traits to move: a review of functional traits to assess sensitivity and adaptive capacity of temperate and boreal trees to climate change

(2016) I. Aubin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS

The increasing importance of atmospheric demand for ecosystem water and carbon fluxes

(2016) Kimberly A. Novick et al.   Nature Climate Change

Short-term favorable weather conditions are an important control of interannual variability in carbon and water fluxes

(2016) Jakob Zscheischler et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Rainfall interception and the coupled surface water and energy balance

(2015) Albert I.J.M. van Dijk et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Long-term water stress leads to acclimation of drought sensitivity of photosynthetic capacity in xeric but not riparianEucalyptusspecies

(2015) Shuang-Xi Zhou et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Net primary production of a temperate deciduous forest exhibits a threshold response to increasing disturbance severity

(2015) Ellen J. Stuart-Haëntjens et al.   ECOLOGY

A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

(2015) Andrew Siefert et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Temperature acclimation of photosynthesis and respiration: A key uncertainty in the carbon cycle-climate feedback

(2015) Danica L. Lombardozzi et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Change in terrestrial ecosystem water-use efficiency over the last three decades

(2015) Mengtian Huang et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Leaf and stem economics spectra drive diversity of functional plant traits in a dynamic global vegetation model

(2015) Boris Sakschewski et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Attributing forest responses to global-change drivers: limited evidence of a CO2-fertilization effect in Iberian pine growth

(2015) J. Julio Camarero et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Long-term nitrogen deposition linked to reduced water use efficiency in forests with low phosphorus availability

(2015) Zhiqun Huang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Modeling terrestrial carbon and water dynamics across climatic gradients: does plant trait diversity matter?

(2015) Christoforos Pappas et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Increasing water-use efficiency directly through genetic manipulation of stomatal density

(2015) Peter J. Franks et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The many meanings of gross photosynthesis and their implication for photosynthesis research from leaf to globe

(2015) Georg Wohlfahrt et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Mesophyll conductance to CO2 and Rubisco as targets for improving intrinsic water use efficiency in C3 plants

(2015) J. Flexas et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

The space-time continuum: the effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on trees and the importance of scaling

(2015) DANIELLE A. WAY et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Detecting long-term metabolic shifts using isotopomers: CO2-driven suppression of photorespiration in C3plants over the 20th century

(2015) Ina Ehlers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Using ecosystem experiments to improve vegetation models

(2015) Belinda E. Medlyn et al.   Nature Climate Change

Foliar temperature acclimation reduces simulated carbon sensitivity to climate

(2015) Nicholas G. Smith et al.   Nature Climate Change

Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world

(2015) Yan-Shih Lin et al.   Nature Climate Change

Water-use efficiency and transpiration across European forests during the Anthropocene

(2015) D. C. Frank et al.   Nature Climate Change

Carbon dioxide stimulation of photosynthesis in Liquidambar styraciflua is not sustained during a 12-year field experiment

(2015) Jeffrey M. Warren et al.   AoB Plants

Global patterns, trends, and drivers of water use efficiency from 2000 to 2013

(2015) Bao-Lin Xue et al.   Ecosphere

The role of local-scale heterogeneities in terrestrial ecosystem modeling

(2015) Christoforos Pappas et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Cross-scale impact of climate temporal variability on ecosystem water and carbon fluxes

(2015) Athanasios Paschalis et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Daily underlying water use efficiency for AmeriFlux sites

(2015) Sha Zhou et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Modeling plant-water interactions: an ecohydrological overview from the cell to the global scale

(2015) Simone Fatichi et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water

Water use efficiency of China’s terrestrial ecosystems and responses to drought

(2015) Yibo Liu et al.   Scientific Reports

Drought-induced mortality selectively affects Scots pine trees that show limited intrinsic water-use efficiency responsiveness to raising atmospheric CO2

(2014) Ana-Maria Hereş et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

On the difference in the net ecosystem exchange of CO2 between deciduous and evergreen forests in the southeastern United States

(2014) Kimberly A. Novick et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Chronic water stress reduces tree growth and the carbon sink of deciduous hardwood forests

(2014) Edward R. Brzostek et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Spatial variability and temporal trends in water-use efficiency of European forests

(2014) Matthias Saurer et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

No growth stimulation of tropical trees by 150 years of CO2 fertilization but water-use efficiency increased

(2014) Peter van der Sleen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Increases in atmospheric CO2 have little influence on transpiration of a temperate forest canopy

(2014) Pantana Tor-ngern et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Where does the carbon go? A model-data intercomparison of vegetation carbon allocation and turnover processes at two temperate forest free-air CO2enrichment sites

(2014) Martin G. De Kauwe et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Environmentally driven evolution of Rubisco and improved photosynthesis and growth within the C3genusLimonium(Plumbaginaceae)

(2014) Jeroni Galmés et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A worldwide analysis of within-canopy variations in leaf structural, chemical and physiological traits across plant functional types

(2014) Ülo Niinemets et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Impact of mesophyll diffusion on estimated global land CO2 fertilization

(2014) Y. Sun et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tree growth and intrinsic water-use efficiency of inland riparian forests in northwestern China: evaluation via  13C and  18O analysis of tree rings

(2014) X. Liu et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Interannual variability of evapotranspiration and vegetation productivity

(2014) Simone Fatichi et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

How is water-use efficiency of terrestrial ecosystems distributed and changing on Earth?

(2014) Xuguang Tang et al.   Scientific Reports

Reconciling observations with modeling: The fate of water and carbon allocation in a mature deciduous forest exposed to elevated CO2

(2013) Simone Fatichi et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Sustained carbon uptake and storage following moderate disturbance in a Great Lakes forest

(2013) Christopher M. Gough et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Maintaining high rates of carbon storage in old forests: A mechanism linking canopy structure to forest function

(2013) Brady S. Hardiman et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Forest water use and water use efficiency at elevated CO2: a model-data intercomparison at two contrasting temperate forest FACE sites

(2013) Martin G. De Kauwe et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Carbon dioxide and water use in forests

(2013) Belinda Medlyn et al.   NATURE

Increase in forest water-use efficiency as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations rise

(2013) Trevor F. Keenan et al.   NATURE

Sensitivity of plants to changing atmospheric CO2concentration: from the geological past to the next century

(2013) Peter J. Franks et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Next-generation dynamic global vegetation models: learning from community ecology

(2013) Simon Scheiter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Unique Responsiveness of Angiosperm Stomata to Elevated CO2 Explained by Calcium Signalling

(2013) Timothy J. Brodribb et al.   PLoS One

Atmospheric verification of anthropogenic CO2 emission trends

(2013) Roger J. Francey et al.   Nature Climate Change

Sensitivity analysis of a process-based ecosystem model: Pinpointing parameterization and structural issues

(2013) Christoforos Pappas et al.   Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences

Reflections on the surface energy imbalance problem

(2012) Ray Leuning et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Community stability does not preclude ecosystem sensitivity to chronic resource alteration

(2012) Alan K. Knapp et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Correlations among leaf traits provide a significant constraint on the estimate of global gross primary production

(2012) Y. P. Wang et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

CO2fertilization and enhanced drought resistance in Greek firs from Cephalonia Island, Greece

(2012) Athanasios Koutavas   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Assessing the effects of nitrogen deposition and climate on carbon isotope discrimination and intrinsic water-use efficiency of angiosperm and conifer trees under rising CO2conditions

(2012) Stefano Leonardi et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Plant respiration and photosynthesis in global-scale models: incorporating acclimation to temperature and CO2

(2012) Nicholas G Smith et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Using model-data fusion to interpret past trends, and quantify uncertainties in future projections, of terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycling

(2012) Trevor F. Keenan et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Probing for the influence of atmospheric CO2and climate change on forest ecosystems across biomes

(2012) Lucas C. R. Silva et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Elevated CO2increases tree-level intrinsic water use efficiency: insights from carbon and oxygen isotope analyses in tree rings across three forest FACE sites

(2012) Giovanna Battipaglia et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

The effects of elevated CO2 and nitrogen fertilization on stomatal conductance estimated from 11 years of scaled sap flux measurements at Duke FACE

(2012) E. J. Ward et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

A critical transition in leaf evolution facilitated the Cretaceous angiosperm revolution

(2012) Hugo Jan de Boer et al.   Nature Communications

A mechanistic ecohydrological model to investigate complex interactions in cold and warm water-controlled environments: 2. Spatiotemporal analyses

(2012) S. Fatichi et al.   Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Five years of carbon fluxes and inherent water-use efficiency at two semi-arid pine forests with different disturbance histories

(2012) Dean Vickers et al.   TELLUS SERIES B-CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY

Increasing net CO2 uptake by a Danish beech forest during the period from 1996 to 2009

(2011) Kim Pilegaard et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Optimizing stomatal conductance for maximum carbon gain under water stress: a meta-analysis across plant functional types and climates

(2011) Stefano Manzoni et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

TRY - a global database of plant traits

(2011) J. KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Improving canopy processes in the Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4) using global flux fields empirically inferred from FLUXNET data

(2011) Gordon B. Bonan et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Water-Use Efficiency of the Terrestrial Biosphere: A Model Analysis Focusing on Interactions between the Global Carbon and Water Cycles

(2011) Akihiko Ito et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY

Increase in water-use efficiency and underlying processes in pine forests across a precipitation gradient in the dry Mediterranean region over the past 30 years

(2011) Kadmiel Maseyk et al.   OECOLOGIA

When and how should intraspecific variability be considered in trait-based plant ecology?

(2011) Cécile H. Albert et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Stomatal numbers, leaf and canopy conductance, and the control of transpiration

(2011) F. Miglietta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Climate forcing due to optimization of maximal leaf conductance in subtropical vegetation under rising CO2

(2011) H. J. de Boer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global CO2 rise leads to reduced maximum stomatal conductance in Florida vegetation

(2011) E. I. Lammertsma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Do global change experiments overestimate impacts on terrestrial ecosystems?

(2011) Sebastian Leuzinger et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

How to avoid a perfunctory sensitivity analysis

(2010) Andrea Saltelli et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE

The legacy of enhanced N and S deposition as revealed by the combined analysis of δ13C, δ18O and δ15N in tree rings

(2010) R. GUERRIERI et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Reconciling the optimal and empirical approaches to modelling stomatal conductance

(2010) BELINDA E. MEDLYN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Increased water-use efficiency during the 20th century did not translate into enhanced tree growth

(2010) Josep Peñuelas et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Recent decline in the global land evapotranspiration trend due to limited moisture supply

(2010) Martin Jung et al.   NATURE

An overview of models of stomatal conductance at the leaf level

(2010) GAËLLE DAMOUR et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Importance of carbon dioxide physiological forcing to future climate change

(2010) L. Cao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Plant phenotypic plasticity in a changing climate

(2010) A.B. Nicotra et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

A stomatal optimization theory to describe the effects of atmospheric CO2 on leaf photosynthesis and transpiration

(2009) Gabriel Katul et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Temporal and among-site variability of inherent water use efficiency at the ecosystem level

(2009) C. Beer et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Elevated CO2 effects on plant carbon, nitrogen, and water relations: six important lessons from FACE

(2009) Andrew D. B. Leakey et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Acclimation of leaf hydraulic conductance and stomatal conductance ofPinus taeda(loblolly pine) to long-term growth in elevated CO2(free-air CO2enrichment) and N-fertilization

(2009) JEAN-CHRISTOPHE DOMEC et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Ten years of fluxes and stand growth in a young beech forest at Hesse, North-eastern France

(2008) André Granier et al.   ANNALS OF FOREST SCIENCE

THE ENERGY BALANCE CLOSURE PROBLEM: AN OVERVIEW

(2008) Thomas Foken   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS