1. Water-use efficiency and transpiration across European forests during the Anthropocene
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M. Kalela-Brundin, Nicolas Viovy, Benjamin Poulter, Emilia Gutiérrez, Katja T. Rinne, H. Marah, Markus Leuenberger, Kerstin Treydte, Z. Bednarz, Mark R. Lomas, Emmi Hilasvuori, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, Philippe Ciais, John S. Waterhouse, Gerhard H. Schleser, David Frank, Stephen Sitch, Elżbieta Szychowska‐Kra̧piec, Laia Andreu-Hayles, Samuel Levis, Anna Pazdur, Michael Grabner, Tatjana Boettger, Gerhard Helle, Carmela Miriam D’Alessandro, Monique Pierre, Högne Jungner, V. R. Switsur, M. Filot, Matthias Saurer, Eloni Sonninen, Pierre Friedlingstein, Marek Krapiec, M. Szczepanek, C. E. Reynolds-Henne, Octavi Planells, Valérie Daux, Frank Berninger, Chris Huntingford, Luigi Todaro, Anders Ahlström, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Jan Esper, Sławomira Pawełczyk, Marika Haupt, Neil J. Loader, Martin Weigl, Michel Stievenard, Antonio Saracino, R. Pukiene, Montana State University (MSU), Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] (LSCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), ICOS-ATC (ICOS-ATC), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), National Center for Atmospheric Research [Boulder] (NCAR), Centre for Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics: National Centre for Earth Observation (CTCD), University of Sheffield [Sheffield], College of Life and Environmental Sciences [Exeter], University of Exeter, Modélisation des Surfaces et Interfaces Continentales (MOSAIC), University of Helsinki, Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie (GEOTRAC), Glaces et Continents, Climats et Isotopes Stables (GLACCIOS), Polish Geological Institute, Climate and Environmental Physics [Bern] (CEP), Physikalisches Institut [Bern], Universität Bern [Bern]-Universität Bern [Bern], CNESTEN, cnesten, inconnu, Inconnu, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki, Universität Bern [Bern] (UNIBE)-Universität Bern [Bern] (UNIBE), Frank, D. C., Poulter, B., Saurer, M., Esper, J., C., Huntingford, Helle, G., Treydte, K. S., Zimmermann, N. E., G. H., Schleser, A., Ahlström, P., Ciai, P., Friedlingstein, S., Levi, M., Loma, S., Sitch, N., Viovy, Andreu Hayles, L., Bednarz, Z., Berninger, F., Boettger, T., D’Alessandro, C. M., Daux, V., Filot, M., Grabner, M., Gutierrez, E., Haupt, M., Hilasvuori, E., Jungner, H., Kalela Brundin, M., Krapiec, M., Leuenberger, M., Loader, N. J., Marah, H., Masson Delmotte, V., Pazdur, A., Pawelczyk, S., Pierre, M., Planells, O., Pukiene, R., Reynolds Henne, C. E., Rinne, K. T., Saracino, Antonio, Sonninen, E., Stievenard, M., Switsur, V. R., Szczepanek, M., Szychowska Krapiec, E., Todaro, L., Waterhouse, J. S., and Weigl, M.
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hiilidioksidi ,Stomatal conductance ,hiili ,[SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes ,ta1171 ,vesi ,Growing season ,Climate change ,Environmental Science (miscellaneous) ,Atmospheric sciences ,tree-ring ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,hydrologinen kierto ,dioxide ,[SDV.EE.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment/Ecosystems ,[SDU.STU.GC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geochemistry ,kasvit ,ilmasto ,Water cycle ,Water-use efficiency ,[SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces, environment ,climate ,CO2 fertilization ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,Transpiration ,Hydrology ,ilmakehä ,atmospheric CO2 ,elevated CO2 ,[CHIM.ORGA]Chemical Sciences/Organic chemistry ,Global warming ,varastointi ,15. Life on land ,[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society ,gas-exchange ,rising CO2 ,chemistry ,13. Climate action ,stomatal conductance ,[SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology ,[SDU.STU.ST]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Stratigraphy ,[SHS.ENVIR]Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies ,Carbon dioxide ,Environmental science ,aineiden kierto ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) ,carbon-isotope discrimination - Abstract
Considering the combined effects of CO2 fertilization and climate change drivers on plant physiology leads to a modest increase in simulated European forest transpiration in spite of the effects of CO2-induced stomatal closure. The Earth’s carbon and hydrologic cycles are intimately coupled by gas exchange through plant stomata1,2,3. However, uncertainties in the magnitude4,5,6 and consequences7,8 of the physiological responses9,10 of plants to elevated CO2 in natural environments hinders modelling of terrestrial water cycling and carbon storage11. Here we use annually resolved long-term δ13C tree-ring measurements across a European forest network to reconstruct the physiologically driven response of intercellular CO2 (Ci) caused by atmospheric CO2 (Ca) trends. When removing meteorological signals from the δ13C measurements, we find that trees across Europe regulated gas exchange so that for one ppmv atmospheric CO2 increase, Ci increased by ∼0.76 ppmv, most consistent with moderate control towards a constant Ci/Ca ratio. This response corresponds to twentieth-century intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) increases of 14 ± 10 and 22 ± 6% at broadleaf and coniferous sites, respectively. An ensemble of process-based global vegetation models shows similar CO2 effects on iWUE trends. Yet, when operating these models with climate drivers reintroduced, despite decreased stomatal opening, 5% increases in European forest transpiration are calculated over the twentieth century. This counterintuitive result arises from lengthened growing seasons, enhanced evaporative demand in a warming climate, and increased leaf area, which together oppose effects of CO2-induced stomatal closure. Our study questions changes to the hydrological cycle, such as reductions in transpiration and air humidity, hypothesized to result from plant responses to anthropogenic emissions.
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- 2015