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Cross-biome synthesis of source versus sink limits to tree growth

Journal Article · · Science
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  1. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States); West Virginia University
  2. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
  3. McMaster University, Hamilton, ON (Canada)
  4. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
  5. University of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  6. Université Paris-Saclay (France); Institut Universitaire de France (France); Institut Universitaire de France (France)
  7. University of Bologna (Italy)
  8. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (United States)
  9. USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, OR (United States)
  10. Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada)
  11. University of Notre Dame, IN (United States)
  12. National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico)
  13. Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai (Japan)
  14. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT (United States)
  15. Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)
  16. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI (United States)
  17. Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków (Poland)
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Uncertainties surrounding tree carbon allocation to growth are a major limitation to projections of forest carbon sequestration and response to climate change. The prevalence and extent to which carbon assimilation (source) or cambial activity (sink) mediate wood production are fundamentally important and remain elusive. We quantified source-sink relations across biomes by combining eddy-covariance gross primary production with extensive on-site and regional tree ring observations. We found widespread temporal decoupling between carbon assimilation and tree growth, underpinned by contrasting climatic sensitivities of these two processes. Substantial differences in assimilation-growth decoupling between angiosperms and gymnosperms were determined, as well as stronger decoupling with canopy closure, aridity, and decreasing temperatures. Furthermore, our results reveal pervasive sink control over tree growth that is likely to be increasingly prominent under global climate change.
Research Organization:
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences; NSF Ecosystem Science; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agricultural and Food Research Initiative Competitive Program, Ecosystem Services and Agro-Ecosystem Management; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Earth & Environmental Systems Science (EESS)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0010611; SC0022052
OSTI ID:
1991284
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1980739
Journal Information:
Science, Journal Name: Science Journal Issue: 6594 Vol. 376; ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher:
AAASCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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