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A common thermal niche among geographically diverse populations of the widely distributed tree species Eucalyptus tereticornis: No evidence for adaptation to climate-of-origin.

scientific article

A comparative analysis of simulated and observed photosynthetic CO2 uptake in two coniferous forest canopies

scientific article published on July 2006

A model of plant isoprene emission based on available reducing power captures responses to atmospheric CO₂.

scientific article published on 24 March 2014

A novel optimization approach incorporating non-stomatal limitations predicts stomatal behaviour in species from six plant functional types

article

A reporting format for leaf-level gas exchange data and metadata

scientific article

A roadmap for improving the representation of photosynthesis in Earth system models

scientific article

A test of the 'one-point method' for estimating maximum carboxylation capacity from field-measured, light-saturated photosynthesis

scientific article

A trait-based ecosystem model suggests that long-term responsiveness to rising atmospheric CO2concentration is greater in slow-growing than fast-growing plants

article

A unifying conceptual model for the environmental responses of isoprene emissions from plants

scientific article

Acclimation and adaptation components of the temperature dependence of plant photosynthesis at the global scale

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Adaptive plasticity in plant traits increases time to hydraulic failure under drought in a foundation tree

scientific article published on 22 July 2021

Amazon forest response to CO2 fertilization dependent on plant phosphorus acquisition

scientific article published on 05 August 2019

Biochemical photosynthetic responses to temperature: how do interspecific differences compare with seasonal shifts?

scientific article published on 9 July 2013

Biome‐specific climatic space defined by temperature and precipitation predictability

scientific article published on 25 September 2017

Bridge to the future: Important lessons from 20 years of ecosystem observations made by the OzFlux network

scientific article published on 22 March 2022

Bridging Drought Experiment and Modeling: Representing the Differential Sensitivities of Leaf Gas Exchange to Drought

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

CO2 enhancement of forest productivity constrained by limited nitrogen availability

scientific article

Carbon balance of coniferous forests growing in contrasting climates: Model-based analysis

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Carbon budget of Pinus sylvestris saplings after four years of exposure to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration.

scientific article published on March 2005

Carbon dioxide and water use in forests

scientific article published in Nature

Carbon dioxide stimulation of photosynthesis in Liquidambar styraciflua is not sustained during a 12-year field experiment

scientific article

Challenging terrestrial biosphere models with data from the long-term multifactor Prairie Heating and CO2 Enrichment experiment

scientific article

Co-optimal distribution of leaf nitrogen and hydraulic conductance in plant canopies

article

Comment on "Drought-induced reduction in global terrestrial net primary production from 2000 through 2009".

scientific article published on August 2011

Comparing the Penman–Monteith equation and a modified Jarvis–Stewart model with an artificial neural network to estimate stand-scale transpiration and canopy conductance

article

Comprehensive ecosystem model-data synthesis using multiple data sets at two temperate forest free-air CO2enrichment experiments: Model performance at ambient CO2concentration

article

Conserved stomatal behaviour under elevated CO2and varying water availability in a mature woodland

scientific article published in 2015

Convergence in phosphorus constraints to photosynthesis in forests around the world

scholarly article

Conversion of canopy intercepted radiation to photosynthate: review of modelling approaches for regional scales

article

Corrigendum to: Conversion of canopy intercepted radiation to photosynthate: a review of modelling approaches for regional scales

scientific article published on 01 August 2003

Corrigendum: Reconciling the optimal and empirical approaches to modelling stomatal conductance

correction of a scholarly article

Decadal biomass increment in early secondary succession woody ecosystems is increased by CO enrichment

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Decoupling between stomatal conductance and photosynthesis occurs under extreme heat in broadleaf tree species regardless of water access

scientific article published on 12 September 2023

Demographic change and loss of big trees in resprouting eucalypt forests exposed to megadisturbance

scientific article published on 5 April 2024

Desiccation time during drought is highly predictable across species of Eucalyptus from contrasting climates

scientific article published on 02 July 2019

Design and use of a database of model parameters from elevated [CO2] experiments

article

Developing an empirical model of canopy water flux describing the common response of transpiration to solar radiation and VPD across five contrasting woodlands and forests

article

Disentangling contributions of allometry, species composition and structure to high aboveground biomass density of high-elevation forests

scientific article published in February 2024

Does physiological acclimation to climate warming stabilize the ratio of canopy respiration to photosynthesis?

scientific article

Does the growth response of woody plants to elevated CO2 increase with temperature? A model-oriented meta-analysis

scientific article published on 04 May 2015

Drought Impacts on Australian Vegetation During the Millennium Drought Measured With Multisource Spaceborne Remote Sensing

scientific article published in 2020

Drought and resprouting plants.

scientific article

Drought by CO 2 interactions in trees: a test of the water savings mechanism

scientific article published on 16 February 2021

Drought response strategies and hydraulic traits contribute to mechanistic understanding of plant dry-down to hydraulic failure

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Drought tolerance traits do not vary across sites differing in water availability in Banksia serrata (Proteaceae)

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Drought × CO2 interactions in trees: a test of the low-intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci ) mechanism

scientific article published on 3 November 2015

Drought-related leaf functional traits control spatial and temporal dynamics of live fuel moisture content

scientific article published on 08 April 2022

Effects of elevated [CO2] on forest growth and carbon storage: a modelling analysis of the consequences of changes in litter quality/quantity and root exudation

article published in 2000

Effects of elevated atmospheric [CO2] on instantaneous transpiration efficiency at leaf and canopy scales in Eucalyptus saligna

Effects of mesophyll conductance on vegetation responses to elevated CO concentrations in a land surface model

article

Elevated CO2 does not increase eucalypt forest productivity on a low-phosphorus soil

Elevated carbon dioxide is predicted to promote coexistence among competing species in a trait-based model

scientific article published on 6 October 2015

Environmental correlates of the forest carbon distribution in the Central Himalayas

scientific article published in June 2024

Evaluating a land surface model at a water-limited site: implications for land surface contributions to droughts and heatwaves

scientific article published in 2021

Evaluating methods used to measure cavitation resistance in seven woody species with differing xylem anatomy: a comparison of visual and hydraulic techniques

scientific article published on 15 June 2020

Evaluation of 11 terrestrial carbon-nitrogen cycle models against observations from two temperate Free-Air CO2 Enrichment studies

scientific article

Examining the evidence for decoupling between photosynthesis and transpiration during heat extremes

scientific article published on 26 February 2019

Forest productivity under climate change: a checklist for evaluating model studies

article

Forest resilience and tipping points at different spatio-temporal scales: approaches and challenges

article

Forest water use and water use efficiency at elevated CO2 : a model-data intercomparison at two contrasting temperate forest FACE sites

scientific article

GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY IN DUKE FOREST: MODELING SYNTHESIS OF CO2EXPERIMENT AND EDDY–FLUX DATA

scientific article published in 2001

Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits

scientific article published on 8 January 2015

Global-scale environmental control of plant photosynthetic capacity

scientific article published in December 2015

Green-Up and Brown-Down: Modelling Grassland Foliage Phenology Responses to Soil Moisture Availability

scientific article published in 2022

Green-up and brown-down: Modelling grassland foliage phenology responses to soil moisture availability

scientific article published in January 2023

Gross Primary Productivity in Duke Forest: Modeling Synthesis of CO 2 Experiment and Eddy-Flux Data

scientific article published in 2001

Gross primary production responses to warming, elevated CO2 , and irrigation: quantifying the drivers of ecosystem physiology in a semiarid grassland

scientific article

High safety margins to drought‐induced hydraulic failure found in five pasture grasses

scientific article published on 23 March 2022

How do leaf and ecosystem measures of water-use efficiency compare?

scientific article published on 2 June 2017

How should we model plant responses to drought? An analysis of stomatal and non-stomatal responses to water stress

article

Hydraulic failure and tree size linked with canopy die‐back in eucalypt forest during extreme drought

scientific article published on 25 February 2021

Ideas and perspectives: how coupled is the vegetation to the boundary layer?

scientific article published in 2017

Identifying areas at risk of drought-induced tree mortality across South-Eastern Australia

scientific article published on 08 June 2020

Impact of the representation of stomatal conductance on model projections of heatwave intensity

scientific article

Improved representation of plant physiology in the JULES-vn5.6 land surface model: photosynthesis, stomatal conductance and thermal acclimation

scientific article published on 20 July 2022

Improving representation of photosynthesis in Earth System Models

scientific article published on 01 October 2014

Increased light-use efficiency sustains net primary productivity of shaded coffee plants in agroforestry system.

scientific article

Increasing aridity will not offset CO 2 fertilization in fast‐growing eucalypts with access to deep soil water

scientific article published on 25 March 2021

Inferring the effects of sink strength on plant carbon balance processes from experimental measurements

scientific article

Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2

scientific article published on 12 August 2020

Interactive effects of elevated CO2 and drought on nocturnal water fluxes in Eucalyptus saligna.

scientific article

Issues in Modelling Plant Ecosystem Responses to Elevated CO2: Interactions with Soil Nitrogen

article

Large but decreasing effect of ozone on the European carbon sink

scientific article published in 2018

Large but decreasing effect of ozone on the European carbon sink

Large sensitivity in land carbon storage due to geographical and temporal variation in the thermal response of photosynthetic capacity

scientific article published on 10 April 2018

Leaf age-related and diurnal variation in gas exchange of kauri (Agathis australis)

scientific article published in 2016

Light interception efficiency explained by two simple variables: a test using a diversity of small- to medium-sized woody plants.

scientific article

Limited Evidence of Cumulative Effects From Recurrent Droughts in Vegetation Responses to Australia's Millennium Drought

scientific article published in May 2023

Linking leaf and tree water use with an individual-tree model

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

Long-term water stress leads to acclimation of drought sensitivity of photosynthetic capacity in xeric but not riparian Eucalyptus species

scientific article

Low phosphorus supply constrains plant responses to elevated CO2 : a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 12 July 2020

Low sensitivity of gross primary production to elevated CO<sub>2</sub> in a mature eucalypt woodland

scientific article published on 20 January 2020

Mapping soil organic carbon stocks in Nepal’s forests

scientific article published on 19 May 2023

Measuring and modelling energy partitioning in canopies of varying complexity using MAESPA model

scientific article published in May 2018

Mechanisms linking plant productivity and water status for a temperateEucalyptusforest flux site: analysis over wet and dry years with a simple model

article

Model-data synthesis for the next generation of forest free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiments

scientific article published on 6 August 2015

Monitoring global tree mortality patterns and trends. Report from the VW symposium 'Crossing scales and disciplines to identify global trends of tree mortality as indicators of forest health'.

scientific article published in February 2018

More than iso/anisohydry: Hydroscapes integrate plant water use and drought tolerance traits in 10 eucalypt species from contrasting climates

scientific article published on 7 April 2019

Near-optimal response of instantaneous transpiration efficiency to vapour pressure deficit, temperature and [CO2] in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

article

New developments in the effort to model ecosystems under water stress

scientific article published on October 2016

New insights into the covariation of stomatal, mesophyll and hydraulic conductances from optimization models incorporating nonstomatal limitations to photosynthesis.

scientific article published on 31 October 2017

Nitrogen and Phosphorus Retranslocation of Leaves and Stemwood in a Mature Eucalyptus Forest Exposed to 5 Years of Elevated CO2.

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

No evidence for triose phosphate limitation of light-saturated leaf photosynthesis under current atmospheric CO2 concentration

scientific article published on 22 August 2019

Nocturnal stomatal conductance responses to rising [CO2], temperature and drought.

scientific article published on 9 December 2011

Observed and modelled historical trends in the water-use efficiency of plants and ecosystems

scientific article published on 06 May 2019

On the importance of including soil nutrient feedback effects for predicting ecosystem carbon exchange

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

On the minimum leaf conductance: its role in models of plant water use, and ecological and environmental controls

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On the validation of models of forest CO2 exchange using eddy covariance data: some perils and pitfalls.

scientific article

One Stomatal Model to Rule Them All? Toward Improved Representation of Carbon and Water Exchange in Global Models

scientific article published on 03 February 2022

Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world

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Optimal stomatal behaviour under stochastic rainfall

scientific article

Optimal stomatal conductance in relation to photosynthesis in climatically contrasting Eucalyptus species under drought

scientific article published on 7 August 2012

Optimal stomatal drought response shaped by competition for water and hydraulic risk can explain plant trait covariation

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

Optimal stomatal theory predicts <scp>CO<sub>2</sub></scp> responses of stomatal conductance in both gymnosperm and angiosperm trees

scientific article published on 15 December 2022

Paired comparison of water, energy and carbon exchanges over two young maritime pine stands (Pinus pinaster Ait.): effects of thinning and weeding in the early stage of tree growth

scientific article

Pastures and Climate Extremes: Impacts of Cool Season Warming and Drought on the Productivity of Key Pasture Species in a Field Experiment

scientific article published on 07 March 2022

Patterns of post‐drought recovery are strongly influenced by drought duration, frequency, post‐drought wetness, and bioclimatic setting

scientific article published on 18 July 2021

Photosynthesis of temperate Eucalyptus globulus trees outside their native range has limited adjustment to elevated CO2 and climate warming

scientific article published on 11 October 2013

Photosynthetic temperature responses of tree species in Rwanda: evidence of pronounced negative effects of high temperature in montane rainforest climax species.

scientific article

Physiological basis of the light use efficiency model

scientific article published in March 1998

Plant profit maximization improves predictions of European forest responses to drought

scientific article published on 15 December 2019

Plant root distributions and nitrogen uptake predicted by a hypothesis of optimal root foraging

scientific article

Predicting long-term carbon sequestration in response to CO2 enrichment: How and why do current ecosystem models differ?

article

Predicting resilience through the lens of competing adjustments to vegetation function

scientific article published on 6 July 2022

Predicting sub‐continental fuel hazard under future climate and rising atmospheric <scp>CO<sub>2</sub></scp> concentration

scientific article published on 9 September 2023

Quantifying forest dynamics in a free-air CO2 enrichment experiment using terrestrial laser scanning

RETRACTED ARTICLE: A constraint on historic growth in global photosynthesis due to increasing CO2

retracted scientific article

Reduced growth due to belowground sink limitation is not fully explained by reduced photosynthesis.

scientific article published in August 2017

Retraction Note: A constraint on historic growth in global photosynthesis due to increasing CO2

scientific article published on 30 May 2022

Rooting depth explains [CO2] x drought interaction in Eucalyptus saligna

scientific article

Satellite based estimates underestimate the effect of CO2 fertilization on net primary productivity

article

Satellite-observed shifts in C3/C4 abundance in Australian grasslands are associated with rainfall patterns

scientific article published in 2022

Seasonal Dynamics of Canopy Properties and Ecosystem Fluxes in a Temperate Evergreen Angiosperm Forest

scientific article published on 18 December 2021

Short-term water stress impacts on stomatal, mesophyll and biochemical limitations to photosynthesis differ consistently among tree species from contrasting climates

scientific article

Soil [N] modulates soil C cycling in CO2-fumigated tree stands: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on December 2010

Specific leaf area and vapour pressure deficit control live fuel moisture content

scientific article published on 6 February 2023

Stomatal optimization based on xylem hydraulics (SOX) improves land surface model simulation of vegetation responses to climate

scientific article published on 08 January 2020

Supplementary material to "Upside-down fluxes Down Under: CO<sub>2</sub> net sink in winter and net source in summer in a temperate evergreen broadleaf forest"

TRY - a global database of plant traits

scientific article (publication date: 21 June 2011)

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Temperature responses of leaf net photosynthesis: the role of component processes ⬇️

scientific article published on January 25, 2012

Temporal Dynamics of Canopy Properties and Carbon and Water Fluxes in a Temperate Evergreen Angiosperm Forest

scientific article published on 30 April 2024

The Multi-Assumption Architecture and Testbed (MAAT v1.0): Code for ensembles with dynamic model structure including a unified model of leaf-scale C3 photosynthesis

The Role of Hydraulic Failure in a Massive Mangrove Die-Off Event

scientific article published on 27 April 2022

The carbon cost of the 2019–20 Australian fires varies with fire severity and forest type

scientific article published in 2022

The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment

scientific article published on 08 April 2020

The multi-assumption architecture and testbed (MAAT v1.0): R code for generating ensembles with dynamic model structure and analysis of epistemic uncertainty from multiple sources

scientific article published in 2018

The optimal stomatal response to atmospheric CO2 concentration: Alternative solutions, alternative interpretations

article

The peaked response of transpiration rate to vapour pressure deficit in field conditions can be explained by the temperature optimum of photosynthesis

article

The quasi-equilibrium framework re-visited: analyzing long-term CO<sub>2</sub> enrichment responses in plant-soil models

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The quasi-equilibrium framework revisited: analyzing long-term CO<sub>2</sub> enrichment responses in plant–soil models

scientific article published on 28 May 2019

The response of ecosystem water-use efficiency to rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations: sensitivity and large-scale biogeochemical implications

scientific article

The temperature optima for tree seedling photosynthesis and growth depend on water inputs

scientific article published on 28 December 2019

The validity of optimal leaf traits modelled on environmental conditions

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

Thirty-eight years of CO<sub>2</sub> fertilization has outpaced growing aridity to drive greening of Australian woody ecosystems

scientific article published on 28 January 2022

To what extent can rising [CO 2 ] ameliorate plant drought stress?

scientific article published on 28 July 2021

Towards a more physiological representation of vegetation phosphorus processes in land surface models

scientific article published on 19 February 2019

Towards physiologically meaningful water-use efficiency estimates from eddy covariance data

scientific article

Towards species‐level forecasts of drought‐induced tree mortality risk

scientific article published on 01 April 2022

Transient Dynamics of Terrestrial Carbon Storage: Mathematical foundation and Numeric Examples

Transient dynamics of terrestrial carbon storage: mathematical foundation and its applications

article

Tree hydraulic traits are coordinated and strongly linked to climate-of-origin across a rainfall gradient

scientific article

Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance.

scientific article

Triggers of tree mortality under drought

scientific article published in Nature

Triose phosphate utilization limitation: an unnecessary complexity in terrestrial biosphere model representation of photosynthesis

scientific article published on 20 November 2020

Tropical rainforest species have larger increases in temperature optima with warming than warm‐temperate rainforest trees

scientific article published on 09 March 2022

Upside-down fluxes Down Under: CO<sub>2</sub> net sink in winter and net source in summer in a temperate evergreen broadleaf forest

scientific article published in 2018

Upside-down fluxes Down Under: CO<sub>2</sub> net sink in winter and net source in summer in a temperate evergreen broadleaf forest

Using ecosystem experiments to improve vegetation models

article

Using models to guide field experiments: a priori predictions for the CO2 response of a nutrient- and water-limited native Eucalypt woodland

scientific article

Using plant, microbe, and soil fauna traits to improve the predictive power of biogeochemical models

article

Volatile isoprenoid emissions from plastid to planet

scientific article

Warming Reduces Net Carbon Gain and Productivity in Medicago sativa L. and Festuca arundinacea

scientific article published on 19 October 2020

Water-use efficiency in a semi-arid woodland with high rainfall variability

scientific article published on 02 November 2019

Where does the carbon go? A model-data intercomparison of vegetation carbon allocation and turnover processes at two temperate forest free-air CO2 enrichment sites

scientific article

Which are the most important parameters for modelling carbon assimilation in boreal Norway spruce under elevated [CO(2)] and temperature conditions?

scientific article

Whole-tree chambers for elevated atmospheric CO2 experimentation and tree scale flux measurements in south-eastern Australia: The Hawkesbury Forest Experiment

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Why is plant-growth response to elevated CO2amplified when water is limiting, but reduced when nitrogen is limiting? A growth-optimisation hypothesis

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Xylem embolism measured retrospectively is linked to canopy dieback in natural populations of Eucalyptus piperita following drought

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