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ArticleNature ecology & evolution2025

Reduced water loss rather than increased photosynthesis controls CO

Weiwei Zhan, Xu Lian, Jiangong Liu, Jisu Han, Yu Huang, Hao Yang, Chunhui Zhan, Alexander J Winkler, Pierre Gentine

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Article in Nature ecology & evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Joint control of precipitation and CONature communications · 2026
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  8. Water-use efficiency driven by water savings.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Weiwei ZhanDepartment of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. wz2483@columbia.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6561-8042
Xu LianDepartment of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1428-3529
Jiangong LiuDepartment of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4148-9522
Jisu HanDepartment of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Yu HuangDepartment of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Hao YangDepartment of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Chunhui ZhanMax Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7716-8969
Alexander J WinklerMax Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6574-4471
Pierre GentineDepartment of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0845-8345

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous leaf-level experiments suggest that plant intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) increases under elevated CO

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Carbon DioxidePhotosynthesisWaterClimate ChangeEcosystemCarbon DioxideWater

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