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Plant hydraulic modules alone do not significantly improve overall model performance under observed climate variability.
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e0“when considering ecosystem responses to the observed climate variability, plant hydraulic modules alone cannot significantly improve the overall model performance”
Title
When do plant hydraulics matter in terrestrial biosphere modelling?
Athanasios Paschalis; Martin G. De Kauwe; Manon Sabot; et al. Global Change Biology 2023. doi:10.1111/gcb.17022
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- Method / resource Models with plant hydraulics predict a slower onset of plant water stress as drought develops.
- Method / resource Models with plant hydraulics produce diurnal water and carbon flux variability closer to observations.
- Method / resource Including plant water capacitance improves modeled diurnal water and carbon flux dynamics.
- Method / resource Representing permanent xylem damage produces a significant drought legacy effect that limits plant productivity during recovery.
- Method / resource Plant hydraulic modules reproduce more realistic water and carbon dynamics.