Plant profit maximisation improves predictions of European forest responses to drought

Sabot, M. E. B., De Kauwe, M. G., Pitman, A. J., Medlyn, B. E., Verhoef, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9498-6696, Ukkola, A. M. and Abramowitz, G. (2020) Plant profit maximisation improves predictions of European forest responses to drought. New Phytologist, 226 (6). pp. 1638-1655. ISSN 1469-8137 doi: 10.1111/nph.16376

Abstract/Summary

- Knowledge of how water stress impacts the carbon and water cycles is a key uncertainty in terrestrial biosphere models. - We tested a new profit maximisation model, where photosynthetic uptake of CO2 is optimally traded against plant hydraulic function, as an alternative to the empirical functions commonly used in models to regulate gas exchange during periods of water stress. We conducted a multi-site evaluation of this model at the ecosystem scale, before and during major droughts in Europe. Additionally, we asked whether the maximum hydraulic conductance in the soil-plant continuum (

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/88101
Identification Number/DOI	10.1111/nph.16376
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science > Department of Geography and Environmental Science
Publisher	Wiley
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