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Articles | Volume 12, issue 22
Articles | Volume 12, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6617-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6617-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 22
Research article
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19 Nov 2015
Research article |  | 19 Nov 2015

Water limitations on forest carbon cycling and conifer traits along a steep climatic gradient in the Cascade Mountains, Oregon

L. T. Berner and B. E. Law

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We investigated the role of water availability in shaping forest carbon cycling and conifer morphological traits in the Cascade Mountains, Oregon, a region that is expected to become warmer and drier in the coming century. Forest leaf area, productivity, and biomass were strongly related to mean annual water availability. Across the hydroclimatic gradient, trees exhibited interspecific variation in traits that balanced maintaining hydraulic function against the need to compete for light.
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