Carbon uptake and water use in woodlands and forests in southern
Australia during an extreme heat wave event in the “Angry Summer” of
2012/2013

van Gorsel, Eva; Wolf, Sebastian; Cleverly, James; Isaac, Peter; Haverd, Vanessa; Ewenz, Cäcilia; Arndt, Stefan; Beringer, Jason; Resco de Dios, Víctor; Evans, Bradley J.; Griebel, Anne; Hutley, Lindsay B.; Keenan, Trevor; Kljun, Natascha; Macfarlane, Craig; Meyer, Wayne S.; McHugh, Ian; Pendall, Elise; Prober, Suzanne M.; Silberstein, Richard

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5947-2016

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01 Nov 2016

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Carbon uptake and water use in woodlands and forests in southern Australia during an extreme heat wave event in the “Angry Summer” of 2012/2013

Eva van Gorsel, Sebastian Wolf, James Cleverly, Peter Isaac, Vanessa Haverd, Cäcilia Ewenz, Stefan Arndt, Jason Beringer, Víctor Resco de Dios, Bradley J. Evans, Anne Griebel, Lindsay B. Hutley, Trevor Keenan, Natascha Kljun, Craig Macfarlane, Wayne S. Meyer, Ian McHugh, Elise Pendall, Suzanne M. Prober, and Richard Silberstein

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RC1: 'Regarding the ‘Angry Summer’ of 2012/2013', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'response to referee1', Eva van Gorsel, 26 Aug 2016
RC2: 'review of bg-2016-183', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'response to referee2', Eva van Gorsel, 26 Aug 2016
RC3: 'Referee Review bg-2016-183 'Carbon uptake and water use in woodlands ..in the ‘Angry Summer’ of 2012/2013'', Anonymous Referee #3, 04 Jul 2016
- AC3: 'response to referee3', Eva van Gorsel, 26 Aug 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (15 Sep 2016) by Markus Reichstein

AR by Eva van Gorsel on behalf of the Authors (06 Oct 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (14 Oct 2016) by Markus Reichstein

AR by Eva van Gorsel on behalf of the Authors (17 Oct 2016)

Short summary

Temperature extremes are expected to become more prevalent in the future and understanding ecosystem response is crucial. We synthesised measurements and model results to investigate the effect of a summer heat wave on carbon and water exchange across three biogeographic regions in southern Australia. Forests proved relatively resilient to short-term heat extremes but the response of woodlands indicates that the carbon sinks of large areas of Australia may not be sustainable in a future climate.