CO2, nitrogen deposition and a discontinuous climate response drive water use efficiency in global forests

Mark A. Adams; Thomas N. Buckley; Dan Binkley; Mathias Neumann; Tarryn L. Turnbull

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25365-1

Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

CO2, nitrogen deposition and a discontinuous climate response drive water use efficiency in global forests

Mark A. Adams,
Thomas N. Buckley,
Dan Binkley,
Mathias Neumann,
Tarryn L. Turnbull

Affiliations

Mark A. Adams: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology
Thomas N. Buckley: Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California
Dan Binkley: School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University
Mathias Neumann: Institute of Silviculture, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Tarryn L. Turnbull: Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25365-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Water use efficiency is a key measure of plant responses to climate change. Here, the authors investigate its control by CO2, nitrogen deposition, and water availability using a global tree-ring dataset. They find an aridity threshold and quantify changes in control over the past 50 years.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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