Herbivory alters plant gas exchange but the effects depend on the type of leaf damage. In contrast to ectophagous insects, leaf miners, by living inside the leaf tissues, do not affect the integrity of the leaf surface. Thus, the effect of leaf miners on CO2 uptake and water-use efficiency by leaves remains unclear. We explored the impacts of the leaf-mining moth Phyllonorycter blancardella (Le...

How genetic factors control plant performance under stressful environmental conditions is a central question in ecology and for crop breeding. A multivariate framework was developed to examine the genetic architecture of performance-related traits in response to interacting environmental stresses. Ecophysiological and life history traits were quantified in the Arabidopsis thaliana Ler × Cvi map...

Accurate assessments of spatio-temporal variations in gross primary productivity (GPP), evapotranspiration (ET), and water use efficiency (WUE) play a crucial role in the evaluation of carbon and water balance as well as have considerable effects on climate change. In this study, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) products were used to quantify the mean annual GPP and ET at K...

water use efficiency (wue, the ratio of total dry matter to water use) became a breeding target only when it was found that carbon stable isotopes were inversely related to wue. the current study conducted under well-watered and drought conditions in the field over two years at broom’s barn research station, uk, was undertaken to investigate the extent of genotypic differences for water use, yi...

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition and [CO(2)] are increasing and represent environmental problems. Planting fast-growing species is prospering to moderate these environmental impacts by fixing CO(2). Therefore, we examined the responses of growth, photosynthesis, and defense chemical in leaves of Eucalyptus urophylla (U) and the hybrid of E. deglupta × E. camadulensis (H) to different CO(2) and n...

Predicting long-term trends in forest growth requires accurate characterisation of how the relationship between forest productivity and climatic stress varies across climatic regimes. Using a network of over two million tree-ring observations spanning North America and a space-for-time substitution methodology, we forecast climate impacts on future forest growth. We explored differing scenarios...

Population variation in ecophysiological traits of four co-occurring montane conifers was measured on a large latitudinal gradient to quantitatively assess their potential for response to environmental change. White fir (Abies concolor) had the highest variability, gross photosynthetic rate (Pg), and foliar carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) content. Despite low water use efficiency (WUE), stomatal co...

Water use efficiency (WUE) has garnered considerable attention at global and regional levels. However, spatio-temporal variations of WUE related influencing factors in the complex karst landforms southwest China require further elucidation. Herein, ratio gross primary productivity (GPP) to evapotranspiration (ET) obtained through PML-V2 product was used characterize ecosystem WUE, responses tem...

The seasonal dynamic characteristics of C, N, and P stoichiometry water use efficiency (WUE) Messerschmidia sibirica the soil in Yellow River Delta (YRD) were studied. correlations stoichiometric WUE between organs M. analyzed. results showed that: (1) contents their ratios various varied with seasons. dynamics leaf N:P that degree nutrient restriction by N decreased July increased September. (...