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Water usage of old-growth oak at elevated CO2 in the FACE (Free-Air CO2 Enrichment) of climate change
Susan E. Quick
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Giulio Curioni
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Nicholas J. Harper
Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Stefan Krause
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Laboratoire d'ecologie des hydrosystemes naturels et anthropises (LEHNA), University Claude Bernard, Lyon1, Lyon, France
Institute for Global Innovation, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
A. Robert MacKenzie
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Birmingham Institute of Forest Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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To study the effects of rising CO2 levels on water usage of old-growth temperate oak forest, we monitored trees in an open-air elevated CO2 experiment for 5 years. We found 4 %–16 % leaf-on season reduction in daylight water usage for ~35% increase in atmospheric CO2. July-only reduction varied more widely. Tree water usage depended on tree size, i.e. stem size and projected canopy area, across all treatments. Experimental infrastructure increased the water usage of the trees in leaf-on season.
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