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This research was supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC MIA Discovery Project 1433500-2012-14). A.R. was financially supported in part by The Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments (NGEE-Arctic) project, which is supported by the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in the Department of Energy, Office of Science, and through the United States Department of Energy contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 to Brookhaven National Laboratory. M.O.d.B. acknowledges that the Brassica data were obtained within a research project financed by the Belgian Science Policy (OFFQ, contract number SD/AF/02) and coordinated by K. Vandermeiren at the Open-Top Chamber research facilities of CODA-CERVA (Tervuren, Belgium).

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1. Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, New South Wales 2109, Australia
   Yan-Shih Lin, Belinda E. Medlyn, I. Colin Prentice, Han Wang, Sofia Baig & Jeff W. Kelly
2. Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, New South Wales 2751, Australia
   Remko A. Duursma, David S. Ellsworth, David T. Tissue, Teresa E. Gimeno, Craig V. M. Barton, John E. Drake & Oula Ghannoum
3. Department of Life Sciences, AXA Chair of Biosphere and Climate Impacts, Grand Challenges in Ecosystems and the Environment and Grantham Institute—Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot SL5 7PY, UK,
   I. Colin Prentice
4. School of the Environment, University of Technology, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
   Derek Eamus
5. Department of Crop and Forest Sciences-AGROTECNIO Center, Ramón y Cajal Programme, Universitat de Lleida, E 25198 Lleida, Spain
   Victor Resco de Dios
6. CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005, Australia
   Patrick Mitchell
7. Research Group Plant and Vegetation Ecology, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk 2610, Belgium
   Maarten Op de Beeck
8. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg 40530, Sweden
   Göran Wallin & Johan Uddling
9. Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå 90183, Sweden
   Lasse Tarvainen
10. Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, 22362 Lund, Sweden
    Maj-Lena Linderson
11. James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland 4879, Australia
    Lucas A. Cernusak
12. Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66505, USA
    Jesse B. Nippert
13. Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
    Troy W. Ocheltree
14. Université Paris-Sud, Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, UMR8079, Orsay F-91405, France
    Nicolas K. Martin-StPaul
15. Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
    Alistair Rogers
16. Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
    Jeff M. Warren
17. Department for Innovation in Biological, Agro-food and Forest systems, University of Tuscia, Via San Camillo de Lellis, Viterbo 01100, Italy,
    Paolo De Angelis
18. Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
    Kouki Hikosaka
19. Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Toyohira, Sapporo, Hokkaido 062-8516, Japan
    Qingmin Han
20. Division of Environmental Science and Technology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Oiwake, Kitashirakawa, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
    Yusuke Onoda
21. Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, TR10 9FE, UK
    Jonathan Bennie
22. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Nancy, Champenoux 54280, France
    Damien Bonal
23. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Villenave d’Ornon F-33140, France
    Alexandre Bosc & Lisa Wingate
24. Bordeaux Sciences Agro, UMR 1391 ISPA, Gradignan F-33170, France
    Alexandre Bosc
25. Faculty of Veterinary & Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Creswick, Victoria 3363, Australia
    Markus Löw & Sabine Tausz-Posch
26. School of Environment, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
    Cate Macinins-Ng
27. Department of Biogeography and Global Change, MNCN-CSIC, Spanish Scientific Council, Madrid 28006, Spain
    Ana Rey
28. School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, UK
    Lucy Rowland, Joana Zaragoza-Castells & Patrick Meir
29. Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory 0909, Australia
    Samantha A. Setterfield & Lindsay B. Hutley
30. Climate Change Forest Services, Forestry Commission England, Bristol BD16 1EJ, UK
    Mark S. J. Broadmeadow
31. Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala 75007, Sweden
    Michael Freeman
32. Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan
    Kihachiro Kikuzawa & Kohei Koyama
33. Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
    Pasi Kolari
34. Department of Life Science and Agriculture, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-0834, Japan
    Kohei Koyama
35. Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, USA
    Jean-Marc Limousin
36. Federal University of Para, Belem 66075-110, Brazil
    Antonio C. Lola da Costa
37. Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Center for Ecosystems and Environmental Sustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
    Teis N. Mikkelsen
38. Seccion Quimica, PUCP, Lima 15088, Peru
    Norma Salinas
39. School of Geography, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
    Norma Salinas
40. Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Changchun, Jilin 130024, China
    Wei Sun

Authors

1. Yan-Shih Lin
2. Belinda E. Medlyn
3. Remko A. Duursma
4. I. Colin Prentice
5. Han Wang
6. Sofia Baig
7. Derek Eamus
8. Victor Resco de Dios
9. Patrick Mitchell
10. David S. Ellsworth
11. Maarten Op de Beeck
12. Göran Wallin
13. Johan Uddling
14. Lasse Tarvainen
15. Maj-Lena Linderson
16. Lucas A. Cernusak
17. Jesse B. Nippert
18. Troy W. Ocheltree
19. David T. Tissue
20. Nicolas K. Martin-StPaul
21. Alistair Rogers
22. Jeff M. Warren
23. Paolo De Angelis
24. Kouki Hikosaka
25. Qingmin Han
26. Yusuke Onoda
27. Teresa E. Gimeno
28. Craig V. M. Barton
29. Jonathan Bennie
30. Damien Bonal
31. Alexandre Bosc
32. Markus Löw
33. Cate Macinins-Ng
34. Ana Rey
35. Lucy Rowland
36. Samantha A. Setterfield
37. Sabine Tausz-Posch
38. Joana Zaragoza-Castells
39. Mark S. J. Broadmeadow
40. John E. Drake
41. Michael Freeman
42. Oula Ghannoum
43. Lindsay B. Hutley
44. Jeff W. Kelly
45. Kihachiro Kikuzawa
46. Pasi Kolari
47. Kohei Koyama
48. Jean-Marc Limousin
49. Patrick Meir
50. Antonio C. Lola da Costa
51. Teis N. Mikkelsen
52. Norma Salinas
53. Wei Sun
54. Lisa Wingate

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Y-S.L., B.E.M. and R.A.D. conceived, designed and analysed the data and wrote the manuscript. I.C.P. contributed to study design and comments on the manuscript. R.A.D., B.E.M. and S.B. contributed to the implementation of the optimal stomatal model for C4 species in the Supplementary Note. H.W. wrote the R script for the implementation of the STASH model and commented on the manuscript. All other authors contributed data and commented on the manuscript.

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Lin, YS., Medlyn, B., Duursma, R. et al. Optimal stomatal behaviour around the world.Nature Clim Change 5, 459–464 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2550

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• Received: 16 August 2014
• Accepted: 16 January 2015
• Published: 02 March 2015
• Issue date: May 2015
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2550