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

Trevor F. Keenan (), David Y. Hollinger, Gil Bohrer, Danilo Dragoni, J. William Munger, Hans Peter Schmid and Andrew D. Richardson ()
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Trevor F. Keenan: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, USA
David Y. Hollinger: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Gil Bohrer: Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University
Danilo Dragoni: Indiana University
J. William Munger: Harvard University
Hans Peter Schmid: Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, IMK-IFU, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Andrew D. Richardson: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, USA

Nature, 2013, vol. 499, issue 7458, 324-327

Abstract: Present-day forests use water more efficiently, probably owing to the effect of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide on leaf stomata, which partially close to maintain a near-constant level of carbon dioxide inside the leaves despite increasing atmospheric levels.

Date: 2013
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