Our limited ability to predict vegetation dynamics under water stress

New Phytologist

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 298-300

  Xu, Chonggang ^a   Mcdowell, Nate G ^a   Sevanto, Sanna ^a   Fisher, Rosie A ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fluxes; Data model comparison; Drought; Ecosystem response to water stress; Net primary production (NPP); Photosynthesis; Respiration; Vegetation models

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREATHING; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON FLUXES; DATA-MODEL COMPARISON; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE TO WATER STRESS; METABOLISM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION (NPP); NOTE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; VEGETATION MODELS;

CARBON FLUXES; DATA-MODEL COMPARISON; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE TO WATER STRESS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION (NPP); PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; VEGETATION MODELS;

CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84884401103     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12450     Document Type: Note

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