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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5947-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-5947-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
01 Nov 2016
Research article |
| 01 Nov 2016
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
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
CSIRO, Oceans and Atmosphere, Yarralumla, NSW, 2600, Australia
Sebastian Wolf
Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich,
Switzerland
James Cleverly
School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW,
2007, Australia
Peter Isaac
CSIRO, Oceans and Atmosphere, Yarralumla, NSW, 2600, Australia
Vanessa Haverd
CSIRO, Oceans and Atmosphere, Yarralumla, NSW, 2600, Australia
Cäcilia Ewenz
Airborne Research Australia, Flinders University, Salisbury South, SA,
5106, Australia
Stefan Arndt
School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne,
Richmond, VIC, 3121, Australia
Jason Beringer
School of Earth and Environment (SEE), The University of Western
Australia, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
Víctor Resco de Dios
Producció Vegetal i Ciència Forestal, Agrotecnio Centre,
Universitat de Lleida, 25198, Lleida, Spain
Bradley J. Evans
School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney,
Sydney, NSW, 2015, Australia
Anne Griebel
School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne,
Richmond, VIC, 3121, Australia
Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University,
Penrith, NSW, 2570, Australia
Lindsay B. Hutley
School of Environment, Research Institute for the Environment and
Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, NT, Australia
Trevor Keenan
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley CA, USA
Natascha Kljun
Dept of Geography, College of Science, Swansea University, Singleton
Park, Swansea, UK
Craig Macfarlane
CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag 5, Floreat, WA, 6913, Australia
Wayne S. Meyer
Environment Institute, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005,
Australia
Ian McHugh
School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University,
Clayton, VIC, 3800, Australia
Elise Pendall
Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University,
Penrith, NSW, 2570, Australia
Suzanne M. Prober
CSIRO Land and Water, Private Bag 5, Floreat, WA, 6913, Australia
Richard Silberstein
Centre for Ecosystem Management, Edith Cowan University, School of
Natural Sciences, Joondalup, WA, 6027, Australia
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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.
Temperature extremes are expected to become more prevalent in the future and understanding...
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