Modeled responses of terrestrial ecosystems to elevated atmospheric CO2: A comparison of simulations by the biogeochemistry models of the Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP)

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 389-404

  Pan, Yude ^a   Melillo, Jerry M ^a   McGuire, A David ^b   Kicklighter, David W ^a   Pitelka, Louis F ^c   Hibbard, Kathy ^d   Pierce, Lars L ^e   Running, Steven W ^d   Ojima, Dennis S ^f   Parton, William J ^f   Schimel, David S ^g   Borchers, J ^h   Neilson, R ^h   Fisher, H H ^g   Kittel, T G F ^g   Rossenbloom, N A ^g   Fox, S ⁱ   Haxeltine, A ^j   Prentice, I C ^j   Sitch, S ^j   Janetos, A ^k   McKeown, R ^f   Nemani, R ^d   Painter, T ^l   Rizzo, B ^m   Smith, T ^m   Woodward, F I ⁿ   more..

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^j LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^k NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Carbon dioxide; Global change; Net primary production (NPP); Vegetation Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP)

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; MODELLING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 0031977514     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050462     Document Type: Article

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