Pervasive shifts in forest dynamics in a changing world

NG McDowell, CD Allen, K Anderson-Teixeira… - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND Forest dynamics arise from the interplay of chronic drivers and transient
disturbances with the demographic processes of recruitment, growth, and mortality. The …

Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2

AP Walker, MG De Kauwe, A Bastos… - New …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) is increasing, which increases leaf‐scale
photosynthesis and intrinsic water‐use efficiency. These direct responses have the potential …

Understanding the roles of nonstructural carbohydrates in forest trees–from what we can measure to what we want to know

H Hartmann, S Trumbore - New phytologist, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Carbohydrates provide the building blocks for plant structures as well as versatile resources
for metabolic processes. The nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC), mainly sugars and starch …

[HTML][HTML] Surplus carbon drives allocation and plant–soil interactions

CE Prescott, SJ Grayston, HS Helmisaari… - Trends in ecology & …, 2020 - cell.com
Plant growth is usually constrained by the availability of nutrients, water, or temperature,
rather than photosynthetic carbon (C) fixation. Under these conditions leaf growth is …

Paradigm shift in plant growth control

C Körner - Current opinion in plant biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Source activity (photosynthesis) depends on sink activity (tissue growth).•
Environmental stress constrains sink activity before it affects source activity.•Under drought …

Forest stand growth dynamics in Central Europe have accelerated since 1870

H Pretzsch, P Biber, G Schütze, E Uhl… - Nature communications, 2014 - nature.com
Forest ecosystems have been exposed to climate change for more than 100 years, whereas
the consequences on forest growth remain elusive. Based on the oldest existing …

Moving beyond photosynthesis: from carbon source to sink-driven vegetation modeling

S Fatichi, S Leuzinger, C Körner - New Phytologist, 2014 - JSTOR
Knowledge of future terrestrial carbon (C) pools and fluxes is based on simulations by
Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs; Cox et al., 2000; Sitch et al., 2008). For …

No growth stimulation of tropical trees by 150 years of CO2 fertilization but water-use efficiency increased

P Van Der Sleen, P Groenendijk, M Vlam… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The biomass of undisturbed tropical forests has likely increased in the past few decades,,
probably as a result of accelerated tree growth. Higher CO2 levels are expected to raise …

No growth stimulation of Canada's boreal forest under half-century of combined warming and CO2 fertilization

MP Girardin, O Bouriaud, EH Hogg… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Considerable evidence exists that current global temperatures are higher than at any time
during the past millennium. However, the long-term impacts of rising temperatures and …

Sharp decline in future productivity of tropical reforestation above 29 C mean annual temperature

A Nölte, R Yousefpour, M Cifuentes-Jara… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Tropical reforestation is among the most powerful tools for carbon sequestration. Yet, climate
change impacts on productivity are often not accounted for when estimating its mitigation …