Increased control of vegetation on global terrestrial energy fluxes

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 16 March 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0717-0

Changes in the leaf area index alter the distribution of heat and moisture. The change in energy partitioning related to leaf area, increasing latent and decreasing sensible fluxes over the observational period 1982–2016, is moderated by plant functional type and background climate.