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Plantecophys--An R Package for Analysing and Modelling Leaf Gas Exchange Data by Duursma, Remko A

“…Here I present the R package 'plantecophys', a toolkit to analyse and model leaf gas exchange data. Measurements of leaf photosynthesis and transpiration are…”
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Triggers of tree mortality under drought by Choat, Brendan, Brodribb, Timothy J., Brodersen, Craig R., Duursma, Remko A., López, Rosana, Medlyn, Belinda E.

“…Severe droughts have caused widespread tree mortality across many forest biomes with profound effects on the function of ecosystems and carbon balance. Climate…”
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How functional traits influence plant growth and shade tolerance across the life cycle by Falster, Daniel S., Duursma, Remko A., FitzJohn, Richard G.

“…Plant species differ in many functional traits that drive differences in rates of photosynthesis, biomass allocation, and tissue turnover. However, it remains…”
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Elevated CO2 alleviates the negative impact of heat stress on wheat physiology but not on grain yield by Chavan, Sachin G, Duursma, Remko A, Tausz, Michael, Ghannoum, Oula

“…Elevated CO2 protects wheat photosynthesis from heat stress damage via increased electron transport and facilitates recovery of photosynthesis and biomass but…”
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On the minimum leaf conductance: its role in models of plant water use, and ecological and environmental controls by Duursma, Remko A., Blackman, Christopher J., Lopéz, Rosana, Martin-StPaul, Nicolas K., Cochard, Hervé, Medlyn, Belinda E.

“…When the rate of photosynthesis is greatly diminished, such as during severe drought, extreme temperature or low light, it seems advantageous for plants to…”
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smatr 3– an R package for estimation and inference about allometric lines by Warton, David I., Duursma, Remko A., Falster, Daniel S., Taskinen, Sara

“…Summary 1. The Standardised Major Axis Tests and Routines (SMATR) software provides tools for estimation and inference about allometric lines, currently widely…”
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Desiccation time during drought is highly predictable across species of Eucalyptus from contrasting climates by Blackman, Chris J., Li, Ximeng, Choat, Brendan, Rymer, Paul D., De Kauwe, Martin G., Duursma, Remko A., Tissue, David T., Medlyn, Belinda E.

“…Catastrophic failure of the water transport pathway in trees is a principal mechanism of mortality during extreme drought. To be able to predict the…”
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Trees tolerate an extreme heatwave via sustained transpirational cooling and increased leaf thermal tolerance by Drake, John E., Tjoelker, Mark G., Vårhammar, Angelica, Medlyn, Belinda E., Reich, Peter B., Leigh, Andrea, Pfautsch, Sebastian, Blackman, Chris J., López, Rosana, Aspinwall, Michael J., Crous, Kristine Y., Duursma, Remko A., Kumarathunge, Dushan, De Kauwe, Martin G., Jiang, Mingkai, Nicotra, Adrienne B., Tissue, David T., Choat, Brendan, Atkin, Owen K., Barton, Craig V. M.

“…Heatwaves are likely to increase in frequency and intensity with climate change, which may impair tree function and forest C uptake. However, we have little…”
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Tree hydraulic traits are coordinated and strongly linked to climate‐of‐origin across a rainfall gradient by Li, Ximeng, Blackman, Chris J., Choat, Brendan, Duursma, Remko A., Rymer, Paul D., Medlyn, Belinda E., Tissue, David T.

“…Plant hydraulic traits capture the impacts of drought stress on plant function, yet vegetation models lack sufficient information regarding trait coordination…”
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Optimal stomatal drought response shaped by competition for water and hydraulic risk can explain plant trait covariation by Lu, Yaojie, Duursma, Remko A., Farrior, Caroline E., Medlyn, Belinda E., Feng, Xue

“…• The classical theory of stomatal optimization stipulates that stomata should act to maximize photosynthesis while minimizing transpiration. This theory,…”
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How should we model plant responses to drought? An analysis of stomatal and non-stomatal responses to water stress by Zhou, Shuangxi, Duursma, Remko A., Medlyn, Belinda E., Kelly, Jeff W.G., Prentice, I. Colin

“…•We interpret drought responses in a framework that can be translated directly into modeling terms.•Assimilation rate decreases more than could be explained by…”
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Moderate heat stress prevented the observed biomass and yield stimulation caused by elevated CO2 in two well-watered wheat cultivars by Chavan, Sachin G., Duursma, Remko A., Tausz, Michael, Ghannoum, Oula

“…Key message Heat stress (HS) under well-watered conditions was not detrimental to leaf photosynthesis or yield but modified the elevated CO 2 response of…”
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How do leaf and ecosystem measures of water-use efficiency compare? by Medlyn, Belinda E., De Kauwe, Martin G., Lin, Yan‐Shih, Knauer, Jürgen, Duursma, Remko A., Williams, Christopher A., Arneth, Almut, Clement, Rob, Isaac, Peter, Limousin, Jean‐Marc, Linderson, Maj‐Lena, Meir, Patrick, Martin‐StPaul, Nicolas, Wingate, Lisa

“…The terrestrial carbon and water cycles are intimately linked: the carbon cycle is driven by photosynthesis, while the water balance is dominated by…”
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Reconciling the optimal and empirical approaches to modelling stomatal conductance by MEDLYN, BELINDA E, DUURSMA, REMKO A, EAMUS, DEREK, ELLSWORTH, DAVID S, PRENTICE, I. COLIN, BARTON, CRAIG V.M, CROUS, KRISTINE Y, DE ANGELIS, PAOLO, FREEMAN, MICHAEL, WINGATE, LISA

“…Models of vegetation function are widely used to predict the effects of climate change on carbon, water and nutrient cycles of terrestrial ecosystems, and…”
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Coupled response of stomatal and mesophyll conductance to light enhances photosynthesis of shade leaves under sunflecks by Campany, Courtney E., Tjoelker, Mark G., Caemmerer, Susanne, Duursma, Remko A.

“…Light gradients within tree canopies play a major role in the distribution of plant resources that define the photosynthetic capacity of sun and shade leaves…”
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Leaf mass per area, not total leaf area, drives differences in above-ground biomass distribution among woody plant functional types by Duursma, Remko A., Falster, Daniel S.

“…Here, we aim to understand differences in biomass distribution between major woody plant functional types (PFTs) (deciduous vs evergreen and gymnosperm vs…”
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Model–data synthesis for the next generation of forest free‐air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiments by Norby, Richard J, De Kauwe, Martin G, Domingues, Tomas F, Duursma, Remko A, Ellsworth, David S, Goll, Daniel S, Lapola, David M, Luus, Kristina A, MacKenzie, A. Rob, Medlyn, Belinda E, Pavlick, Ryan, Rammig, Anja, Smith, Benjamin, Thomas, Rick, Thonicke, Kirsten, Walker, Anthony P, Yang, Xiaojuan, Zaehle, Sönke

“…The first generation of forest free‐air CO₂ enrichment (FACE) experiments has successfully provided deeper understanding about how forests respond to an…”
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Toward an index of desiccation time to tree mortality under drought by Blackman, Chris J., Pfautsch, Sebastian, Choat, Brendan, Delzon, Sylvain, Gleason, Sean M., Duursma, Remko A.

“…Research in plant hydraulics has provided important insights into plant responses to drought and species absolute drought tolerance. However, our ability to…”
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Does physiological acclimation to climate warming stabilize the ratio of canopy respiration to photosynthesis? by Drake, John E., Tjoelker, Mark G., Aspinwall, Michael J., Reich, Peter B., Barton, Craig V. M., Medlyn, Belinda E., Duursma, Remko A.

“…Given the contrasting short-term temperature dependences of gross primary production (GPP) and autotrophic respiration, the fraction of GPP respired by trees…”
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Canopy leaf area of a mature evergreen Eucalyptus woodland does not respond to elevated atmospheric [CO2] but tracks water availability by Duursma, Remko A., Gimeno, Teresa E., Boer, Matthias M., Crous, Kristine Y., Tjoelker, Mark G., Ellsworth, David S.

“…Canopy leaf area, quantified by the leaf area index (L), is a crucial driver of forest productivity, water use and energy balance. Because L responds to…”
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