Plant profit maximisation improves predictions of European forest responses to droughtSabot, 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
It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item 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 (
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