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14 Sep 2022
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| 14 Sep 2022
| 14 Sep 2022
Consistent responses of vegetation gas exchange to elevated atmospheric CO2 emerge from heuristic and optimization models
Stefano Manzoni
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
10691, Sweden
Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
10691, Sweden
Simone Fatichi
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University
of Singapore, Singapore
Xue Feng
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
MN 55455, USA
Gabriel G. Katul
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University,
Durham, NC 27708-0287, USA
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0287,
USA
Danielle Way
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0287,
USA
Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario,
N6A 5B7, Canada
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
Giulia Vico
Department of Crop Production Ecology, Swedish University of
Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, 75007, Sweden
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Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) causes leaves to close their stomata (through which water evaporates) but also promotes leaf growth. Even if individual leaves save water, how much will be consumed by a whole plant with possibly more leaves? Using different mathematical models, we show that plant stands that are not very dense and can grow more leaves will benefit from higher CO2 by photosynthesizing more while adjusting their stomata to consume similar amounts of water.
Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) causes leaves to close their stomata (through which...
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