diff --git a/book/biogeography.qmd b/book/biogeography.qmd index a92231e..4e6f984 100644 --- a/book/biogeography.qmd +++ b/book/biogeography.qmd @@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ knitr::include_graphics("images/diagram_FR-Pue.png") #### Boreal forests {-} + + - very cold winters, cool summers - winter light and temperature limits productivity - mostly needle-leaved evergreen @@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ plotbiomes::whittaker_base_plot() + theme_classic() ``` -### Plant functional types {#sec-pfts} +## Plant functional types {#sec-pfts} Each biome is characterised by a typical assembly of *plant functional types* (PFT). PFTs are a grouping of plant species based on their key physiological, morphological, and life history characteristics. That is, we can distinguish between annual (mostly grasses and herbs) and perennial (mostly trees and shrubs) plants, between needle-leaved and broadleaved trees, and between deciduous and evergreen trees. A key physiological distinction can further be made between grasses following the C~3~ vs. the C~4~ photosynthetic pathway (see @sec-gpp). Thereby, the bewildering diversity of the plant kingdom can be reduced to a small set of PFT. A common categorization distinguishes the following PFTs: @@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ Global vegetation models use PFTs as their basic unit for distinguishing plants. Plants can also be distinguished into the botanical classification of *angiosperms* (flowering plants) and *gymnnosperms* (seed-producing plants that include conifers, cycads, and Ginkgo). The distinction between angiosperms and gymnosperms largely aligns with the distinction between needle-leaved and broadleaved plants (but see Ginkgo). The two groups are not only distinguished by their phylogenetic heritage, but also by essential characteristics that relate to the efficiency by which they photosynthesise and transpire water. Angiosperm leaves typically exhibit higher photosynthesis and transpiration rates and are thinner and shorter-lived than leaves of gymnosperms. These differences relate to differences in how the water transport system (plant hydraulics) is built. A larger number and a wider diameter of water transport organs in angiosperms enable a higher water conductivity - essential for sustaining higher photosynthetic rates than in gymnosperms. -### Traits +## Traits The physiological, morphological, and life history characteristics of different plants determine their productivity and competitiveness in a given climate. Such characteristics are referred to as *plant functional traits*, or often just *traits*. Plant species can be described by a set of traits and a subset of certain traits yields the distinction into PFTs described above: leaf habit (deciduous vs. evergreen), leaf form (needle-leaved vs. broadleaved), and the life history strategy distinguising annual vs. perennial. A range of additional traits are commonly described and investigated scientifically. Here, we will not consider additional ones. The concept of a plant functional trait is that it describes a largely immutable characteristic of a plant species that determines metabolic rates (photosynthesis, respiration) and their relationship to the abiotic environment (e.g., temperature), nutrient and water demand, and ultimately its demographic rates (growth, fecundity, mortality) and thus competitiveness. @@ -219,6 +221,8 @@ Note that plant functional traits are often not entirely immutable. Instead, tra A changing environment changes the competitiveness of a given species, i.e., of a given trait combination. As a result, some traits may acclimate to some extent within a weeks to years. Over longer time scales, the altered demographic rates in a new climate affect the competitiveness of a species (even after some of its traits may have acclimated to a new climate) and ultimately shift demographic rates and the community composition. In grasslands, where the demographic cycle is short, such community composition changes may unfold over time scales of a few years. In forests, the longevity of an individual tree is on the order of decades to centuries and community composition changes unfold on correspondingly long time scale. + + ## Global vegetation patterns The biome classification is a way to discretize vegetation based on several characteristics (e.g., tree cover fraction). However, many of these characteristics describe observable variables that vary more or less gradually across environmental gradients and each of these variables can be mapped across the globe thanks to Earth observation data. These global patterns of different observable variables reflect how the climate influences vegetation structure and functioning across the globe (independent of a classification into biomes). In much of the remainder of this course, we will investigate these vegetation-climate relationships without considering the biome classification. These relationships are informative for understanding how different processes of terrestrial ecology, plant physiology, the carbon cycle, and land-climate interactions are driven by the environment and vary across the globe. diff --git a/book/globalcarbonbudget.qmd b/book/globalcarbonbudget.qmd index 9e82385..9d07c23 100644 --- a/book/globalcarbonbudget.qmd +++ b/book/globalcarbonbudget.qmd @@ -335,6 +335,12 @@ The processes for understanding the oceanic C sink will be introduced in @sec-oc As highlighted above, pointing to @fig-carbon_budget, the magnitude of the land C sink varies strongly between years. Semi-arid regions, where dry conditions during a substantial part of the year limit photosynthesis and where drought-related disturbances strongly influence ecosystem C balances, are contributing most strongly to the signal apparent from the global C budget [@ahlstrom15sci]. Semi-arid regions largely align with temperate and tropical grasslands, savannahs, and shrubland biomes (@fig-biomes_sites_map). Years with a small land sink and a high atmospheric CO~2~ growth rate are dry years, associated with low global-scale terrestrial water storage [@humphrey18nat], and are associated with warm temperature anomalies in the tropics [@cox13nat]. This indicates two important points. First, C storage in the terrestrial biosphere is highly susceptible to climate variations. Second, water availability has a strong control on the terrestrial carbon cycle. We will learn more about how the water and the carbon cycles are coupled in @sec-landclimate and how the influence of water availability on vegetation varies across the globe in @sec-ecohydrology. +```{r echo=FALSE} +#| label: fig-tws-humphrey18 +#| fig-cap: "Interannual variability of the atmospheric CO~2~ growth rate (CGR) and terrestrial water storage (TWS). (a) Monthly de-seasonalized and de-trended CGR, TWS from gravimetric satellite observations (GRACE mission) and TWS from a statistical model that reconstructs the TWS based on climate data (GRACE-REC). The vertical axis is inverted for CGR so that positive (downwards) CGR anomalies indicate a weaker land carbon sink. A 6-month moving average was applied to GRACE data for readability. (b) Yearly CGR versus GRACE TWS anomalies. Figure and caption text from @humphrey18nat." +#| out-width: 100% +knitr::include_graphics("images/tws-humphrey18.png") +``` ::: {.callout-note} ## CO~2~ trajectories and the land C cycle response diff --git a/book/gpp.qmd b/book/gpp.qmd index 900ca2f..1cd1f3b 100644 --- a/book/gpp.qmd +++ b/book/gpp.qmd @@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ n\mathrm{CO}_2 + 2n\mathrm{H}_2\mathrm{O} \rightarrow (\mathrm{CH}_2\mathrm{O})_ $$ {#eq-photosynthesis-chemical} A total of eight photons is consumed to assimilate one molecule of CO~2~. For each molecule of CO~2~, one molecule of O~2~ is produced. And for each molecule of CO~2~, one molecule of H~2~O is consumed (net). Note however, that this water consumption is not the primary reason for why plants use water. A much larger amount of water is consumed by the diffusion of water vapour from the water-saturated air inside the leaves out of the stomata. This *transpiration* flux is further explained in @sec-landclimate. -### Response to light and CO~2~ +### Response to light and CO~2~ {#sec-fvcb} The three steps described above operate in series and each step is potentially rate-limiting and responds differently to the environment. The rates are coordinated such that they are roughly co-limiting for average environmental conditions to which a leaf is exposed during a day. An imbalance of rates can lead to an excess production of electrons and can cause damage to the photosynthetic apparatus. This happens for example when leaves are exposed to very cold temperatures and high light during a frost event, or when you move your indoor plant that has been sitting in a dark corner for years suddenly into full sunlight outdoors. @@ -727,13 +727,20 @@ cowplot::plot_grid(gg1, gg2, gg3, ncol = 1) As shown in @fig-temp_dep, the instantaneous response of assimilation rates to temperature has a peak above which rates, especially $A_C$, decline sharply. Dark respiration ($R_d$) monotonically increases with temperature which accentuates the decline in net assimilation $A_n$ with increasing temperature. -The temperature dependencies shown in @fig-temp_dep are referred to as *instantaneous* because $c_i$, $V_\mathrm{cmax}$, and $J_\mathrm{max}$ acclimate to the environment on time scales of days to weeks and $g_s$ is regulated on time scales of seconds to minutes. This acclimation affects the temperature response. Therefore, the functional relationships shown here are relevant for understanding how CO~2~ uptake varies in response to temperature over the course of a day. However, over longer time scales, plants acclimate to their growth environment such that the temperature optimum of photosynthesis (the peak of the $A_n$-temperature curve) shifts as a function of the *growth temperature* - an average temperature to which the leaf is exposed [@kumarathunge19newphyt]. +The temperature dependencies shown in @fig-temp_dep are referred to as *instantaneous* because $c_i$, $V_\mathrm{cmax}$, and $J_\mathrm{max}$ acclimate to the environment on time scales of days to weeks and $g_s$ is regulated on time scales of seconds to minutes. This acclimation affects the temperature response. Therefore, the functional relationships shown here are relevant for understanding how CO~2~ uptake varies in response to temperature over the course of a day. However, over longer time scales, plants acclimate to their growth environment such that the temperature optimum of photosynthesis (the peak of the $A_n$-temperature curve) shifts as a function of the *growth temperature* - an average temperature to which the leaf is exposed @fig-topt-kumarathunge. + +```{r echo=FALSE} +#| label: fig-topt-kumarathunge +#| fig-cap: "Temperature optimum of leaf net photosynthesis at an intercellular CO~2~ concentration of 275 micro-mol mol^-1^ (T~optA275~) of mature plants growing in their native environments (d), species in the field (grown at ambient growth temperatures) measured in at least two or more seasons (e). T~growth~ is the mean air temperature of the preceding 30 d. Different colours depict plant functional types: orange, tropical evergreen angiosperms (EA-Tr); light blue, arctic tundra; red, temperate deciduous angiosperms (DA-Te); blue, temperate evergreen angiosperms (EA-Te); green, boreal evergreen gymnosperms (EG-Br); purple, temperate evergreen gymnosperms (EG-Te); those in (b,c,e,f) depict different datasets. The thick black lines are: (in d) least-squares linear regression fits and linear mixed-effect model fits (in e) with random intercepts for each dataset. Error bars represent +/-1 standard error. Figure and caption text from @kumarathunge19newphyt." +#| out-width: 80% +knitr::include_graphics("images/topt-kumarathunge.png") +``` ### C~4~ photosynthesis {#sec-c4} Coming soon. -## Transpiration {#sec-transpiration} +## Transpiration and leaf water-carbon coupling {#sec-transpiration} The opening of stomata is highly sensitive to environmental factors and the CO~2~ assimilation rate feeds back to stomatal opening. By opening and closing stomata, plants regulate the conductance to CO~2~ diffusion from the ambient air into the leaves and to the photosynthesis reaction sites. Simultaneously, when stomata are open, water vapour diffuses out of the leaf - *transpiration*. This link between CO~2~ and water loss is at the core of stomatal regulation to balance C uptake and desiccation. @@ -743,7 +750,7 @@ The diffusive water vapour flux out of the leaf - transpiration - is driven by t $$ E = 1.6 \; g_s \; D $$ {#eq-transpiration} -The factor 1.6 arises due to the lower diffusivity of CO~2~ compared with H~2~O. Hence, $g_s$ has to be understood as a conductance to CO~2~ diffusion (mol CO~2~ m^-2^ s^-1^). +The factor 1.6 arises due to the lower diffusivity of CO~2~ compared with H~2~O. Hence, $g_s$ has to be understood as a conductance to CO~2~ diffusion (mol CO~2~ m^-2^ s^-1^). Note that $g_s$ regulates both transpiration (@eq-transpiration) and assimilation (@eq-photo-fick) at the leaf-level. A tight coupling between water and carbon fluxes at the leaf-level follows from the physical principle of diffusion. Water loss through transpiration poses risks and incurs costs for a plant. The diffusive water vapour flux through stomata has to be maintained by root water uptake from the soil and transport along the xylem in the plant. When the water content in the rooting zone declines, it becomes increasingly hard for plants to extract water from the soil - they have to "suck" out the water with a increasingly negative water potential - a negative pressure. The hydraulic relationships of water transport along the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum will be introduced later. What matters here is that such negative water potentials along the water transport pathway are dangerous for the plant and can lead to lethal desiccation of cells, leaves, branches, or entire plants. @@ -775,15 +782,49 @@ knitr::include_graphics("images/constant_chi.png") Coming soon. -### Stomatal optimization +### Stomatal regulation -Coming soon. +Stomatal openings - and therefore the effective leaf stomatal conductance - are regulated by plant-internal signalling mechanisms that respond to the water-carbon trade-off within minutes. Two important relations underlie this trade-off. First, transpiration directly depends on the vapor pressure deficit ($D$) expressed through the diffusion equation @eq-transpiration. Second, while the assimilation rate ($A$) depends on stomatal conductance ($g_s$), $A$ also feeds back on $g_s$. This relationship is has an empirical basis as shown in @fig-constant-chi a. From this, a relationship of $g_s$ as a function of $D$ and $A$ can be established. However, due to the feedback between $A$ and $g_s$, deriving an analytical solution is not straight-forward. + +An empirical solution that reflects the dependency of $g_s$ on $D$ and on $A$ - as represented by a saturating function to light - is presented by @oren01 for diurnal variations at the canopy-level as: +$$ +G_s = \frac{I_0}{I_0 + a} \left( b + m \ln D \right) +$$ +The uppercase $G_s$ denotes stomatal conductance at the canopy-level - in contrast to $g_s$ described above at the leaf-level. The first term represents an empirical representation of the light ($I_0$)-dependency of photosynthesis. $a$, $b$, and $m$ are empirically fitted coefficients. + +There is empirical evidence that *optimality models* are a good representation of how stomata are regulated. Following this notion, it can be assumed that stomatal conductance is optimised such that the net between the carbon gain by increasing stomatal conductance and the carbon cost by the resulting increased transpiration and is maximized. -### From photosynthesis to light use efficiency +$$ +A - aE - bV_\mathrm{cmax} = \arg \max +$$ {#eq-optim-max} + +Over time scales of days to weeks, $V_\mathrm{cmax}$ is coordinated with stomatal conductance [@joshi22natplants]. The simultaneous effects of $V_\mathrm{cmax}$ and $g_s$ are reflected by $\chi$. Therefore, @eq-optim-max can be expressed with respect to optimising $\chi$. Maximising a function is equivalent to finding the point where its first derivative (here with respect to $\chi$) is zero. [@prentice14ecollett] formulated such a similar (but not strictly equivalent) optimality criterion as +$$ +\frac{\partial (E/A)}{\partial \chi} + \beta \frac{\partial (V_\mathrm{cmax}/A)}{\partial \chi} = 0 \;. +$$ +$E/A$ is the unit cost of transpiration. $V_\mathrm{cmax}/A$ is the unit cost of carboxylation. Their sum is minimized here with respect to $\chi$. $\beta$ is the unit cost ratio. From this, the response of the stomatal conductance to $D$ and $A$ can be derived (not shown here, but in @stocker20gmd) as +$$ +g_s = \left( 1 + \frac{g_1}{\sqrt{D}} \right) \frac{A}{c_a - \Gamma^\ast} +$$ +$g_1$ is a stomatal sensitivity parameter. Similar results are obtained with a related but not identical optimality criterion [@medlyn11gcb]. + +## From photosynthesis to light use efficiency + +The light use efficiency model (@eq-luemodel) and the FvCB model (@eq-aj and @eq-jmaxlim) represent a contrasting response of photosynthesis to light - linear in @eq-luemodel and saturating (by effects of a finite $J_\mathrm{max}$) in @eq-aj and @eq-jmaxlim. It should be noted that the LUE model describes the photosynthetic CO~2~ uptake at the canopy-level and for periods of multiple days to weeks (total GPP vs. total absorbed light). In contrast, the FvCB model describes the light-photosynthesis relationship at the leaf-level and in response to rapid changes in light (e.g., over the course of a day). + +As pointed out in @sec-fvcb, plants tend to coordinate the light and carboxylation-limited assimilation rates flexibly in response to average environmental conditions to which they are exposed while performing photosynthesis. Tending towards the co-limitation point can also be understood as an optimal functioning - avoiding overinvestment into maintaining a high maximum electron transport rate ($J_\mathrm{max}$) while being carboxylation-limited (too low $V_\mathrm{cmax}$), or the opposite. In other words, the higher the average light levels, the higher the maximum carboxylation capacity and therefore the amount of Rubisco in leaves. The linear relationship between GPP and PPFD in @eq-luemodel can be interpreted as an emerging relationship from the coordination of $A_C$ and $A_J$, and thus of $V_\mathrm{cmax}$ and $J_\mathrm{max}$. + +A very simple model, by which LUE is assumed to be constant over time and across plants and ecosystems and using @eq-luemodel explains about two thirds of observed GPP variations in data obtained from ecosystem flux measurements, as shown in @fig-gpp-constlue. In other words, variations in light (PPFD) and leaf area (measured by fAPAR) explain two thirds of GPP variations over the seasons and across different locations on the globe. + +```{r echo=FALSE} +#| label: fig-gpp-constlue +#| fig-cap: "Observed versus simulated GPP. Observations are derived from ecosystem CO~2~ flux measurements taken at 126 different sites distributed across a wide diversity of ecoystems and environmental conditions. Simulated GPP values are obtained by applying the light use efficiency model (@eq-luemodel) and fitting a temporally and spatially constant LUE term to the data. Each data point represents an 8-day sum. Figure taken from @stocker20gmd." +#| out-width: 60% +knitr::include_graphics("images/gpp-constlue.png") +``` -Coming soon - + diff --git a/book/images/gpp-constlue.png b/book/images/gpp-constlue.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0dc5f04 Binary files /dev/null and b/book/images/gpp-constlue.png differ diff --git a/book/images/topt-kumarathunge.png b/book/images/topt-kumarathunge.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c61d48a Binary files /dev/null and b/book/images/topt-kumarathunge.png differ diff --git a/book/images/tws-humphrey18.png b/book/images/tws-humphrey18.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d71f5b6 Binary files /dev/null and b/book/images/tws-humphrey18.png differ diff --git a/book/intro.qmd b/book/intro.qmd index 37f4ebc..0ce044d 100644 --- a/book/intro.qmd +++ b/book/intro.qmd @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ knitr::include_graphics("images/tippingpoints.png") For the climate to be stabilized at 1.5°C or 2.0°C, rapid and large CO~2~ emission cuts are needed. Alongside the reduction of fossil fuel combustion, climate stabilization scenarios rely - to a varying degree - on carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Most CDR options deployed to date and available for scaling to meet climate stabilization needs rely on land ecosystems for sequestering (net uptake and long-term storage) additional C. -Afforestation and reforestation have been estimated to be a potent solution for climate change mitigation [@walker22pnas; @mo23nat] and tree planting has moved to centre stage in the public perception and in policy efforts to avert dangerous climate change. +Afforestation and reforestation have been estimated to be a potent solution for climate change mitigation [@walker22pnas; @mo23nat] and tree planting has moved to center stage in the public perception and in policy efforts to avert dangerous climate change. But can we rely on trees or other land ecosystems as a solution for the climate crisis? ```{r echo=FALSE} #| label: fig-cdr_scenario @@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ However, ecological principles and multiple aspects of the role of land ecosyste Understanding the technical potential of land-based CDR will have to consider the full complexity of land-Earth system interactions. This course introduces these interactions. + + + + + ## Why we study the land The examples for given above are attest to the key role of the terrestrial biosphere in the Earth system and for understanding the risks and mitigation options in the context of anthropogenic climate change. With climate change and its impacts moving into the centre of public attention and becoming an increasingly important boundary condition for policy making, it is crucial to have a basic understanding of the Earth system and how the terrestrial biosphere works. That's why we study **Land in the Earth System**. diff --git a/book/landusechange.qmd b/book/landusechange.qmd index 496b1a7..9575d3e 100644 --- a/book/landusechange.qmd +++ b/book/landusechange.qmd @@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ Coming soon. + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/book/references.bib b/book/references.bib index dc26624..d94e451 100644 --- a/book/references.bib +++ b/book/references.bib @@ -1210,4 +1210,63 @@ @book{IPCC_2022_WGIII type = {Book}, url = {https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGIII_FullReport.pdf}, year = {2022} -} \ No newline at end of file +} + +@article{joshi22natplants, + title = {Towards a unified theory of plant photosynthesis and hydraulics}, + volume = {8}, + copyright = {2022 The Author(s)}, + issn = {2055-0278}, + url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-022-01244-5}, + doi = {10.1038/s41477-022-01244-5}, + abstract = {The global carbon and water cycles are governed by the coupling of CO2 and water vapour exchanges through the leaves of terrestrial plants, controlled by plant adaptations to balance carbon gains and hydraulic risks. We introduce a trait-based optimality theory that unifies the treatment of stomatal responses and biochemical acclimation of plants to environments changing on multiple timescales. Tested with experimental data from 18 species, our model successfully predicts the simultaneous decline in carbon assimilation rate, stomatal conductance and photosynthetic capacity during progressive soil drought. It also correctly predicts the dependencies of gas exchange on atmospheric vapour pressure deficit, temperature and CO2. Model predictions are also consistent with widely observed empirical patterns, such as the distribution of hydraulic strategies. Our unified theory opens new avenues for reliably modelling the interactive effects of drying soil and rising atmospheric CO2 on global photosynthesis and transpiration.}, + language = {en}, + number = {11}, + urldate = {2023-01-13}, + journal = {Nature Plants}, + author = {Joshi, Jaideep and Stocker, Benjamin D. and Hofhansl, Florian and Zhou, Shuangxi and Dieckmann, Ulf and Prentice, Iain Colin}, + month = nov, + year = {2022}, + note = {Number: 11 +Publisher: Nature Publishing Group}, + keywords = {hydraulics, optimality, C3 photosynthesis, Ecophysiology, Stomata}, + pages = {1304--1316}, + file = {Full Text PDF:/Users/benjaminstocker/Zotero/storage/3NKBAZ2Z/Joshi et al. - 2022 - Towards a unified theory of plant photosynthesis a.pdf:application/pdf}, +} + +@article{oren01, + title = {Sensitivity of mean canopy stomatal conductance to vapor pressure deficit in a flooded {Taxodium} distichum {L}. forest: hydraulic and non-hydraulic effects}, + volume = {126}, + issn = {0029-8549, 1432-1939}, + shorttitle = {Sensitivity of mean canopy stomatal conductance to vapor pressure deficit in a flooded {Taxodium} distichum {L}. forest}, + url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s004420000497}, + doi = {10.1007/s004420000497}, + language = {en}, + number = {1}, + urldate = {2022-12-19}, + journal = {Oecologia}, + author = {Oren, R. and Sperry, J. S. and Ewers, B. E. and Pataki, D. E. and Phillips, N. and Megonigal, J. P.}, + month = jan, + year = {2001}, + pages = {21--29}, + file = {Oren et al. - 2001 - Sensitivity of mean canopy stomatal conductance to.pdf:/Users/benjaminstocker/Zotero/storage/LM5F9FKJ/Oren et al. - 2001 - Sensitivity of mean canopy stomatal conductance to.pdf:application/pdf}, +} + +@article{medlyn11gcb, + title = {Reconciling the optimal and empirical approaches to modelling stomatal conductance: {RECONCILING} {OPTIMAL} {AND} {EMPIRICAL} {STOMATAL} {MODELS}}, + volume = {17}, + issn = {13541013}, + shorttitle = {Reconciling the optimal and empirical approaches to modelling stomatal conductance}, + url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02375.x}, + doi = {10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02375.x}, + abstract = {Models of vegetation function are widely used to predict the effects of climate change on carbon, water and nutrient cycles of terrestrial ecosystems, and their feedbacks to climate. Stomatal conductance, the process that governs plant water use and carbon uptake, is fundamental to such models. In this paper, we reconcile two long-standing theories of stomatal conductance. The empirical approach, which is most commonly used in vegetation models, is phenomenological, based on experimental observations of stomatal behaviour in response to environmental conditions. The optimal approach is based on the theoretical argument that stomata should act to minimize the amount of water used per unit carbon gained. We reconcile these two approaches by showing that the theory of optimal stomatal conductance can be used to derive a model of stomatal conductance that is closely analogous to the empirical models. Consequently, we obtain a unified stomatal model which has a similar form to existing empirical models, but which now provides a theoretical interpretation for model parameter values. The key model parameter, g1, is predicted to increase with growth temperature and with the marginal water cost of carbon gain. The new model is fitted to a range of datasets ranging from tropical to boreal trees. The parameter g1 is shown to vary with growth temperature, as predicted, and also with plant functional type. The model is shown to correctly capture responses of stomatal conductance to changing atmospheric CO2, and thus can be used to test for stomatal acclimation to elevated CO2. The reconciliation of the optimal and empirical approaches to modelling stomatal conductance is important for global change biology because it provides a simple theoretical framework for analyzing, and simulating, the coupling between carbon and water cycles under environmental change.}, + language = {en}, + number = {6}, + urldate = {2022-12-19}, + journal = {Global Change Biology}, + author = {Medlyn, Belinda E. and Duursma, Remko A. and Eamus, Derek and Ellsworth, David S. and Prentice, I. Colin and Barton, Craig V. M. and Crous, Kristine Y. and De Angelis, Paolo and Freeman, Michael and Wingate, Lisa}, + month = jun, + year = {2011}, + pages = {2134--2144}, + file = {Medlyn et al. - 2011 - Reconciling the optimal and empirical approaches t.pdf:/Users/benjaminstocker/Zotero/storage/PNGQIHVF/Medlyn et al. - 2011 - Reconciling the optimal and empirical approaches t.pdf:application/pdf}, +}