Topographically driven differences in energy and water constrain climatic control on forest carbon sequestration

National Science Foundation [NSF-0724960, DBI-0735191, DBI-1265383]; NSF's Division of Earth Sciences, Instrumentation and Facilities Program [EAR-1043051]; U.S. Department of Energy's Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Program (DOE ) [DE-SC0006968]; Santa Catalina-Jemez River Basin CZO [NSF-1331408]

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