Decreased water limitation under elevated CO2 amplifies potential for forest carbon sinks

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 7213-7218

  Farrior, Caroline E ^a   Rodriguez Iturbe, Ignacio ^b   Dybzinski, Ray ^b   Levin, Simon A ^b   Pacala, Stephen W ^b  

^a University of Tennessee and National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Evolutionarily stable strategy; Forest dynamics; Plant allocation; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON ALLOCATION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SINK; CARBON STORAGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITION; FOREST; LIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; METABOLISM; TREE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84931282051     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506262112     Document Type: Article

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