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Estimates of the extent of the discrimination against13CO2 during photosynthesis (ΔA) on a global basis were made using gridded data sets of temperature, precipitation, elevation, humidity and vegetation type. Stomatal responses to leaf-to-air vapour mole fraction difference (D, leaf-to-air vapour pressure difference divided by atmospheric pressure) were first determined by a literature review and by assuming that stomatal behaviour results in the optimisation of plant water use in relation to carbon gain. Using monthly time steps, modelled stomatal responses toD were used to calculate the ratio of stomatal cavity to ambient CO2 mole fractions and then, in association with leaf internal conductances, to calculate ΔA. Weighted according to gross primary productivity (GPP, annual net CO2 asimilation per unit ground area), estimated ΔA for C3 biomes ranged from 12.9‰ for xerophytic woods and shrub to 19.6‰ for cool/cold deciduous forest, with an average value from C3 plants of 17.8‰. This is slightly less than the commonly used values of 18–20‰. For C4 plants the average modelled discrimination was 3.6‰, again slightly less than would be calculated from C4 plant dry matter carbon isotopic composition (yielding around 5‰). From our model we estimate that, on a global basis, 21% of GPP is by C4 plants and for the terrestrial biosphere as a whole we calculate an average isotope discrimination during photosynthesis of 14.8‰. There are large variations in ΔA across the globe, the largest of which are associated with the precence or absence of C4 plants. Due to longitudinal variations in ΔA, there are problems in using latitudinally averaged terrestrial carbon isotope discriminations to calculate the ratio of net oceanic to net terrestrial carbon fluxes.
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Lloyd, J., Farquhar, G.D. 13C discrimination during CO2 assimilation by the terrestrial biosphere. Oecologia 99, 201–215 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00627732
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