ArticleNature communications2023
Increased photosynthesis during spring drought in energy-limited ecosystems.
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- Hydroclimate shapes photosynthetic sensitivity to cloud cover across global terrestrial ecosystems.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Multilayer soil moisture depletion intensifies drought impacts on global ecosystems.Nature geoscience · 2026Article
- When and where soil dryness matters to ecosystem photosynthesis.Nature plants · 2025Article
- The Response and Recovery of Carbon and Water Fluxes in Australian Ecosystems Exposed to Severe Drought.Global change biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Drought is often thought to reduce ecosystem photosynthesis. However, theory suggests there is potential for increased photosynthesis during meteorological drought, especially in energy-limited ecosystems. Here, we examine the response of photosynthesis (gross primary productivity, GPP) to meteorological drought across the water-energy limitation spectrum. We find a consistent increase in eddy covariance GPP during spring drought in energy-limited ecosystems (83% of the energy-limited sites). Half of spring GPP sensitivity to precipitation was predicted solely from the wetness index (R
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