Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]) is increasing, which increases leaf‐scale
photosynthesis and intrinsic water‐use efficiency. These direct responses have the potential …

Plant water‐use efficiency (WUE, the carbon gained through photosynthesis per unit of
water lost through transpiration) is a tracer of the plant physiological controls on the …

A mechanistic understanding of plant photosynthetic response is needed to reliably predict
changes in terrestrial carbon (C) gain under conditions of chronically elevated atmospheric …

Multiple lines of evidence suggest that plant water-use efficiency (WUE)—the ratio of carbon
assimilation to water loss—has increased in recent decades. Although rising atmospheric …

Water use efficiency is a critical index for describing carbon‐water coupling in terrestrial
ecosystems. However, the nonlinear effect of vapor pressure deficit (VPD) on carbon‐water …

Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition has been found to significantly affect plant growth and
physiological performance in terrestrial ecosystems. Many individual studies have …

Climate change, alteration of atmospheric composition, land abandonment in some areas
and land use intensification in others, wildfires and biological invasions threaten forests …

Modern reliance on fossil fuels has ushered in extreme temperatures globally and abnormal
precipitation patterns in many regions. Although the climate is changing rapidly, other …

Mediterranean Basin ecosystems, their unique biodiversity, and the key services they
provide are currently at risk due to air pollution and climate change, yet only a limited …

Various studies report substantial increases in intrinsic water-use efficiency (W i), estimated
using carbon isotopes in tree rings, suggesting trees are gaining increasingly more carbon …