Water-use efficiency and transpiration across European forests during the Anthropocene

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 579-583

  Frank, D C ^a,b   Poulter, B ^c,d   Saurer, M ^e   Esper, J ^f   Huntingford, C ^g   Helle, G ^h   Treydte, K ^a   Zimmermann, N E ^a   Schleser, G H ^h,i   Ahlstrom A ^j,k   Ciais, P ^d   Friedlingstein, P ^l   Levis, S ^m   Lomas, M ⁿ   Sitch, S ^l   Viovy, N ^d   Andreu Hayles, L ^o   Bednarz, Z ^p   Berninger, F ^q   Boettger, T ^r   D'alessandro, C M ^s   Daux, V ^d   Filot, M ^b   Grabner, M ^t   Gutierrez, E ^u   Haupt, M ^r   Hilasvuori, E ^v   Jungner, H ^q   Kalela Brundin, M ^w   Krapiec, M ^x   Leuenberger, M ^b   Loader, N J ^y   Marah, H ^z   Masson Delmotte, V ^d   Pazdur, A ^aa   Pawelczyk, S ^aa   Pierre, M ^d   Planells, O ^u   Pukiene, R ^ab   Reynolds Henne, C E ^e   Rinne, K T ^e   Saracino, A ^ac   Sonninen, E ^q   Stievenard, M ^d   Switsur, V R ^ad   Szczepanek, M ^aa   Szychowska Krapiec, E ^x   Todaro, L ^s   Waterhouse, J S ^ad   Weigl, M ^ae   more..

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DIF   (France)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^h GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

ⁱ FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^j LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^m NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^o Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^q UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^r HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^u UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^v FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^w Forestry Museum   (Sweden)

^x AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^y SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^z CENTRE NATIONAL DE L ENERGIE DES SCIENCES TECHNIQUES NUCLEAIRES   (Morocco)

^aa SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^ab VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^ad ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^ae HOLZFORSCHUNG AUSTRIA   (Austria)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOCENE; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GAS EXCHANGE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; TREE RING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84929763778     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2614     Document Type: Article

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