Global potential net primary production predicted from vegetation class, precipitation, and temperature

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2117-2126

  Del Grosso, Stephen ^a,b   Parton, William ^b   Stohlgren, Thomas ^c   Zheng, Daolan ^d   Bachelet, Dominique ^e   Prince, Stephen ^f   Hibbard, Kathy ^g   Olson, Richard ^h  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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

^c FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem modeling; Global NPP; Miami model; National center for ecological analysis and synthesis (NCEAS) model; Nitrogen losses; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GRASS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHRUB; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER STRESS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; TEMPERATURE;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 54549092031     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0850.1     Document Type: Article

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