Improving the representation of hydrologic processes in Earth System Models

MP Clark, Y Fan, DM Lawrence… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Many of the scientific and societal challenges in understanding and preparing for global
environmental change rest upon our ability to understand and predict the water cycle …

Evaluating theories of drought‐induced vegetation mortality using a multimodel–experiment framework

NG McDowell, RA Fisher, C Xu, JC Domec… - New …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Model–data comparisons of plant physiological processes provide an understanding of
mechanisms underlying vegetation responses to climate. We simulated the physiology of a …

Linking hydraulic traits to tropical forest function in a size-structured and trait-driven model (TFS v. 1-Hydro)

BO Christoffersen, M Gloor, S Fauset… - Geoscientific Model …, 2016 - gmd.copernicus.org
Forest ecosystem models based on heuristic water stress functions poorly predict tropical
forest response to drought partly because they do not capture the diversity of hydraulic traits …

[图书][B] The biology of deserts

D Ward - 2016 - books.google.com
This book offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to desert ecology and adopts a
strong evolutionary focus. As with other titles in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis …

Exploration of the implementation of carbon neutralization in the field of natural resources under the background of sustainable Development—An overview

W Yang, Z Min, M Yang, J Yan - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
On 15 March 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping pointed out that “achieving carbon peak
and carbon neutrality is a broad and profound economic and social systemic change” and …

The maintenance of prefabricated green roofs for preserving cooling performance: A field measurement in the subtropical city of Hangzhou, China

G Zhang, BJ He, BJ Dewancker - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban temperature increase is a critical problem for many cities. Green roofing is an
approach to mitigating urban temperature increase, while the maintenance of the green roof …

A dynamic yet vulnerable pipeline: Integration and coordination of hydraulic traits across whole plants

KA McCulloh, JC Domec, DM Johnson… - Plant, Cell & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The vast majority of measurements in the field of plant hydraulics have been on small‐
diameter branches from woody species. These measurements have provided considerable …

Root functioning, tree water use and hydraulic redistribution in Quercus suber trees: A modeling approach based on root sap flow

TS David, CA Pinto, N Nadezhdina… - Forest Ecology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Mediterranean evergreen oaks have to survive a long summer drought. Roots may play a
relevant role under these conditions. We studied their structure and function in a mature …

MAESPA: a model to study interactions between water limitation, environmental drivers and vegetation function at tree and stand levels, with an example application to …

RA Duursma, BE Medlyn - Geoscientific Model Development, 2012 - gmd.copernicus.org
Process-based models (PBMs) of vegetation function can be used to interpret and integrate
experimental results. Water limitation to plant carbon uptake is a highly uncertain process in …

Interdependence of chronic hydraulic dysfunction and canopy processes can improve integrated models of tree response to drought

DS Mackay, DE Roberts, BE Ewers… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Hydraulic systems of plants have evolved in the context of carbon allocation and fitness
trade‐offs of maximizing carbon gain and water transport in the face of short and long‐term …