Climate change has been partially mitigated by an increasing net land carbon sink in the
terrestrial biosphere; understanding the processes that drive this sink is thus essential for …

Forests are essential in regulating global carbon and water cycles and are critical in
mitigating climate change. Water-use efficiency, defined by the ratio of plant productivity per …

The ratio of carbon assimilation to water evapotranspiration (ET) of an ecosystem, referred to
as ecosystem water use efficiency (WUEeco), is widely expected to increase because of the …

Tipping elements are nonlinear subsystems of the Earth system that have the potential to
abruptly shift to another state if environmental change occurs close to a critical threshold …

Globally, intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) has risen dramatically over the past century in
concert with increases in atmospheric CO2 concentration. This increase could be further …

As CO 2 concentration in the atmosphere rises, there is a need for improved physical
understanding of its impact on global plant transpiration. This knowledge gap poses a major …

Water-use efficiency is the amount of carbon assimilated per water used by an ecosystem
and a key indicator of ecosystem functioning, but its variability in response to climate change …

Increases in terrestrial water‐use efficiency (WUE) have been reported in many studies,
pointing to potential changes in physiological forcing of global carbon and hydrological …

Whether increased photosynthates under elevated atmospheric CO2 could translate into
sustained biomass accumulation in forest trees remains uncertain. Here we demonstrate …

Leaf functional traits determine a plant's survival and growth. Variation in leaf traits control
the functioning of forest ecosystem. The study examines the variation in 18 leaf traits (4 …