Warming climate amplifies vapor pressure deficit limits on gross primary productivity
, the water potential at 50% loss of hydraulic conductivity, was the strongest predictor of their relative influence. Collectively, rising VPD may accelerate declines in terrestrial carbon storage under future warming.
Authors
- Tim R. McVicar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0877-8285)
- Nate G. McDowell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2178-2254)
- Hylke E. Beck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2553-9566)
- Matthew F. McCabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1279-5272)
- Diego G Miralles
- Joshua B Fisher
- Stephen Sitch
- Pablo Sanchez-Martinez
- Pierre Friedlingstein
- Shiqin Xu
Institutions
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU)
- Australian Research Council (AU)
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (US)
- Chapman University (US)
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Ghent University (BE)
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (SA)
- Washington State University (US)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2026-04-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-72549-8
- Primary Topic
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00