Implementing plant hydraulic architecture within the LPJ Dynamic Global Vegetation Model

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 567-577

  Hickler, Thomas ^a   Prentice, I Colin ^b   Smith, Benjamin ^a   Sykes, Martin T ^a   Zaehle, Sönke ^c,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Biomes; Carbon cycle; Evapotranspiration; Global vegetation distribution; LPJ Dynamic Global Vegetation Model; NPP; Plant hydraulic architecture; Terrestrial ecosystem water balance

Indexed keywords

BIOME; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SHRUBLAND; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW;

EID: 33750412013     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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