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

TF Keenan, DY Hollinger, G Bohrer, D Dragoni… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Terrestrial plants remove CO2 from the atmosphere through photosynthesis, a process that
is accompanied by the loss of water vapour from leaves. The ratio of water loss to carbon …

The contribution of understorey vegetation to ecosystem evapotranspiration in boreal and temperate forests: a literature review and analysis

P Balandier, R Gobin, B Prévosto… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
In the context of increasing heat periods and recurrence of droughts, and thus higher soil
water depletion, we explored and quantified the role of understorey vegetation in ecosystem …

Parameterization improvements and functional and structural advances in version 4 of the Community Land Model

DM Lawrence, KW Oleson, MG Flanner… - Journal of Advances …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The Community Land Model is the land component of the Community Climate System
Model. Here, we describe a broad set of model improvements and additions that have been …

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

C Beer, P Ciais, M Reichstein… - Global …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Half‐hourly measurements of the net exchanges of carbon dioxide and water vapor between
terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere provide estimates of gross primary production …

Productivity of forests in the Eurosiberian boreal region and their potential to act as a carbon sink–‐a synthesis

ED Schulze, J Lloyd, FM Kelliher, C Wirth… - Global Change …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Based on review and original data, this synthesis investigates carbon pools and fluxes of
Siberian and European forests (600 and 300 million ha, respectively). We examine the …

Climate and vegetation controls on boreal zone energy exchange

D Baldocchi, FM Kelliher, TA Black… - Global change …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The boreal forest, one of the world's larger biomes, is distinct from other biomes because it
experiences a short growing season and extremely cold winter temperatures. Despite its …

Transpiration response to soil moisture in pine and spruce trees in Sweden

F Lagergren, A Lindroth - Agricultural and forest meteorology, 2002 - Elsevier
Variation in transpiration and conductance between individual trees of Scots pine and
Norway spruce was investigated in a mixed 50-year-old stand in central Sweden. Daily …

[HTML][HTML] Vegetation controls of water and energy balance of a drained peatland forest: Responses to alternative harvesting practices

K Leppä, M Korkiakoski, M Nieminen, R Laiho… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2020 - Elsevier
We quantified the response of peatland water table level (WTL) and energy fluxes to
harvesting of a drained peatland forest. Two alternative harvests (clear-cut and partial …

Ecohydrology of a semi‐arid forest: Partitioning among water balance components and its implications for predicted precipitation changes

NR Yaseef, D Yakir, E Rotenberg… - … , Land and Water …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The distribution of precipitation inputs into different hydrological components of water-limited
forest ecosystems determines water availability to trees and consequently forest productivity …

Effects of soil wetness, plant litter, and under‐canopy atmospheric stability on ground evaporation in the Community Land Model (CLM3. 5)

K Sakaguchi, X Zeng - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Land Model Version 3.5
(CLM3. 5) has significantly improved the simulation of hydrologic cycles compared to its …