Our limited ability to predict vegetation dynamics under water stress

Chonggang Xu; Nate G McDowell; Sanna Sevanto; Rosie A Fisher

doi:10.1111/nph.12450

Our limited ability to predict vegetation dynamics under water stress

New Phytol. 2013 Oct;200(2):298-300. doi: 10.1111/nph.12450.

Authors

Chonggang Xu¹, Nate G McDowell¹, Sanna Sevanto¹, Rosie A Fisher²

Affiliations

¹ Earth and Environmental Science Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA.
² Terrestrial Sciences Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, 80307, USA.

PMID: 24050631
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12450

No abstract available

Keywords: carbon fluxes; data-model comparison; drought; ecosystem response to water stress; net primary production (NPP); photosynthesis; respiration; vegetation models.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Comment

MeSH terms

Carbon / metabolism*
Carbon Cycle*
Models, Biological*
Trees / physiology*
Water / physiology*

Substances

Water
Carbon