Articles | Volume 12, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-7503-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-7503-2015
Research article
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21 Dec 2015
Research article |  | 21 Dec 2015

Do land surface models need to include differential plant species responses to drought? Examining model predictions across a mesic-xeric gradient in Europe

M. G. De Kauwe, S.-X. Zhou, B. E. Medlyn, A. J. Pitman, Y.-P. Wang, R. A. Duursma, and I. C. Prentice

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (18 Nov 2015) by Paul Stoy
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ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Nov 2015) by Paul Stoy
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (04 Dec 2015)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (04 Dec 2015) by Paul Stoy
AR by Martin De Kauwe on behalf of the Authors (07 Dec 2015)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (11 Dec 2015) by Paul Stoy
AR by Martin De Kauwe on behalf of the Authors (12 Dec 2015)
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Short summary
Future climate change has the potential to increase drought in many regions of the globe. Recent data syntheses show that drought sensitivity varies considerably among plants from different climate zones, but state-of-the-art models currently assume the same drought sensitivity for all vegetation. Our results indicate that models will over-estimate drought impacts in drier climates unless different sensitivity of vegetation to drought is taken into account.
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