Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Relative air humidity, not season alone, determines fire intensity in Cerrado savanna. Early dry season burns under low humidity match late season fire intensities.

Tree-ring analysis efficiently reconstructs growth trajectories in Andean conifers, matching results from 20 years of field monitoring while requiring far fewer resources.

Cropland expansion across tropical Africa produces nighttime cooling but hydroclimatically-dependent daytime effects, driven by turbulent heat flux changes tied to vegetation differences.

Global eddy covariance tower network analysis reveals spatial clustering and systematic bias toward fertile soils, potentially limiting representativeness of ecosystem-atmosphere interaction studies.

Elevated CO2 does not enhance nitrogen or phosphorus mobilization in Eucalyptus woodland, suggesting phosphorus limitation stems from scarcity rather than competition.

Modified isotopic mixing model for estimating precipitation moisture sources in southwest China using transpiration ratios and leaf area index constraints.

New index based on precipitation and evapotranspiration ratio reveals land relative humidity decreased substantially since 1973, reconciles climate model discrepancies, and improves hydroclimate.

Synthesis of forest hydrological research in China examining ecohydrological processes, ecosystem service trade-offs, and management implications of large-scale forestation programs.

2023 Amazon drought reduced vegetation carbon uptake, turning the region into a weak carbon source independent of fire emissions, revealing climate vulnerability.

Pantropical moist forests show converging leaf longevity under climate change, with long-longevity regions declining and short-longevity regions increasing.

Gridded aboveground net primary productivity dataset for global grasslands from 1958-2100, combining historical observations with future climate projections for carbon and land management research.

Flowers exhibit coordinated water and carbon economy traits with leaves across 245 species spanning Arctic to tropical latitudes, indicating integrated ecophysiological strategies.

Temporal linearization approximations for estimating root water uptake from soil-water flux gradients fail under dynamic field conditions, introducing substantial systematic errors in hydraulic.

Study reveals primary boreal forests in Sweden store 72% more carbon than managed secondary forests, with significant implications for global carbon cycling and forest management policies.

Bark microbiota in Australian forests metabolize climate-active gases through specialized bacterial communities adapted to dynamic redox environments, with implications for atmospheric cycling rates.