Drought effects on carbon-water trade-offs in European forests

Provider

Czech Science Foundation

Programme

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Call for proposals

SGA0202600006

Main participants

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze / Fakulta lesnická a dřevařská

Contest type

VS - Public tender

Contract ID

26-20790N

Project name in Czech

Drought effects on carbon-water trade-offs in European forests

Annotation in Czech

This proposal aims to identify the patterns and drivers of drought impacts on carbon-water cycling in European forests, focusing on water-use efficiency (WUE) across various tree species and environmental conditions. Climate change and extreme events affect WUE by altering biophysical processes, potentially compromising the future carbon sequestration capacity of forest ecosystems. While process-based ecosystem models are essential tools for estimating carbon-water cycling, their ability to simulate drought effects is limited. Using multi-year flux data from eddy covariance sites, this project will: (i) identify patterns and drivers, like drought timing and severity, that affect WUE dynamics, (ii) evaluate the Biome-BGCMuSo model's simulation of carbon and water fluxes, and (iii) improve model accuracy for drought effects on WUE. The proposal also aims to project WUE dynamics under climate change scenarios and attribute changes to climatic drivers. The findings will contribute to the development of more accurate models to project forest carbon sequestration under climate change.

R&D category

ZV - Basic research

OECD FORD - main branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

OECD FORD - secondary branch

40102 - Forestry

OECD FORD - another secondary branch

10510 - Climatic research

CEP - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)

DG - Atmospheric sciences, meteorology<br>DI - Pollution and air control<br>DJ - Pollution and water control<br>DK - Contamination and decontamination of soil including pesticides<br>DL - Nuclear waste, radioactive pollution and control<br>DM - Solid waste and its control, recycling<br>DO - Protection of landscape<br>GK - Forestry

Realization period - beginning

Jan 1, 2026

Realization period - end

Dec 31, 2029

Project status

Z - Beginning multi-year project

Latest support payment

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Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data delivery code

CEP26-GA0-GY-R

Data delivery date

Apr 29, 2026

Total approved costs

3,810 thou. CZK

Public financial support

3,810 thou. CZK

Other public sources

0 thou. CZK

Non public and foreign sources

0 thou. CZK