Response to Comment on “Increased growing-season productivity drives earlier autumn leaf senescence in temperate trees”

Authors: Deborah Zani, Thomas W. Crowther, Lidong Mo, Susanne S. Renner, Constantin M. Zohner

Published: 2021-03-05

DOI: 10.1126/science.abg2679

Source: Full article

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Abstract

Our study showed that increases in seasonal productivity drive earlier autumn senescence of temperate trees. Norby argues that this finding is contradicted by observations from free-air CO