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

Christoffersen, Bradley O.; Gloor, Manuel; Fauset, Sophie; Fyllas, Nikolaos M.; Galbraith, David R.; Baker, Timothy R.; Kruijt, Bart; Rowland, Lucy; Fisher, Rosie A.; Binks, Oliver J.; Sevanto, Sanna; Xu, Chonggang; Jansen, Steven; Choat, Brendan; Mencuccini, Maurizio; McDowell, Nate G.; Meir, Patrick

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-4227-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-4227-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-4227-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

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24 Nov 2016

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

Bradley O. Christoffersen, Manuel Gloor, Sophie Fauset, Nikolaos M. Fyllas, David R. Galbraith, Timothy R. Baker, Bart Kruijt, Lucy Rowland, Rosie A. Fisher, Oliver J. Binks, Sanna Sevanto, Chonggang Xu, Steven Jansen, Brendan Choat, Maurizio Mencuccini, Nate G. McDowell, and Patrick Meir

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AC1: 'updated supplement now includes 2 previously missing files', B. Christoffersen, 15 Jun 2016
RC1: 'Review report of "[gmd-2016-128] Linking hydraulic traits to tropical forest function in a size structured and trait-driven model (TFS v.1-Hydro)"', Anonymous Referee #1, 12 Jul 2016
- AC2: 'response to referee #1', B. Christoffersen, 07 Oct 2016
RC2: 'Comments on Christoffersen et al. Linking hydraulic traits to tropical forest function in a size-structured and trait-driven model', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Aug 2016
- SC1: 'improving clarity & readability', B. Christoffersen, 18 Aug 2016
- AC3: 'response to referee #2', B. Christoffersen, 07 Oct 2016

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AR by Bradley Christoffersen on behalf of the Authors (07 Oct 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Oct 2016) by Hisashi Sato

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Oct 2016)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (23 Oct 2016)

ED: Publish as is (01 Nov 2016) by Hisashi Sato

AR by Bradley Christoffersen on behalf of the Authors (04 Nov 2016)

Short summary

We developed a plant hydraulics model for tropical forests based on established plant physiological theory, and parameterized it by conducting a pantropical hydraulic trait survey. We show that a substantial amount of trait diversity can be represented in the model by a reduced set of trait dimensions. The fully parameterized model is able capture tree-level variation in water status and improves simulations of total ecosystem transpiration, showing how to incorporate hydraulic traits in models.