Soils in Arctic and boreal ecosystems store twice as much carbon as the atmosphere, a
portion of which may be released as high-latitude soils warm. Some of the uncertainty in the …

Vegetation transpiration (T) is the process of plant water loss through the stomata on the leaf
surface and plays a key role in the energy and water balance of the land surface, especially …

Extreme seasonal droughts frequently occur in semiarid and arid areas of the world. They
can exert a profound influence on the physiological state of desert plants. Short-term rainfall …

Russian boreal forests represent the largest forested region on Earth and comprise one-fifth
of the world's forest cover. The two most common genera in Siberia are Larix and Pinus …

The maximum rate of carboxylation (Vcmax) is an essential leaf trait determining the
photosynthetic capacity of plants. Existing approaches for estimating Vcmax at large scale …

Climate change projections indicate reduced summer precipitation and increased air
temperature for the northern high latitudes. These climate changes are likely to alter forest …

Mongolian pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) has been introduced to vast areas of
semiarid sandy region of northern China to create plantations, and it plays an important role …

Although tree transpiration and conductance responding to soil drought are increasingly
investigated in urban settings, the increasingly important effects of atmospheric drought (ie …

Trees in northern latitude ecosystems are projected to experience increasing drought stress
as a result of rising air temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns in northern …

Fire severity is increasing across the boreal forest biome as climate warms, and initial post-
fire changes in tree demographic processes could be important determinants of long-term …