Tree height strongly affects estimates of water-use efficiency responses to climate and CO2 using isotopes

Intrinsic water-use efficiency (W i ) reconstructions using tree rings often disregard developmental changes in W i as trees age. Here, the authors compare W i across varying tree sizes at a fixed CO2 level and show that ignoring developmental changes impacts conclusions on trees’ W i responses to C...

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Main Authors: R. J. W. Brienen, E. Gloor, S. Clerici, R. Newton, L. Arppe, A. Boom, S. Bottrell, M. Callaghan, T. Heaton, S. Helama, G. Helle, M. J. Leng, K. Mielikäinen, M. Oinonen, M. Timonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00225-z