Evaluation of 11 terrestrial carbon-nitrogen cycle models against observations from two temperate Free-Air CO2 Enrichment studies

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 803-822

  Zaehle, Sönke ^a   Medlyn, Belinda E ^b   De Kauwe, Martin G ^b   Walker, Anthony P ^c   Dietze, Michael C ^d   Hickler, Thomas ^e,f   Luo, Yiqi ^g   Wang, Ying Ping ^h   El Masri, Bassil ⁱ   Thornton, Peter ^c   Jain, Atul ⁱ   Wang, Shusen ^j   Warlind, David ^k   Weng, Ensheng ^l   Parton, William ^m   Iversen, Colleen M ^c   Gallet Budynek, Anne ^n,o   Mccarthy, Heather ^g   Finzi, Adrien ^p   Hanson, Paul J ^c   Prentice, I Colin ^b,q   Oren, Ram ^r,s   Norby, Richard J ^c   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^f GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^h CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^j CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^k LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^l PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

ⁿ BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

^o UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^p Boston University   (United States)

^q IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^r DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

Carbon (C) storage; Ecosystem modelling; Model evaluation; Nitrogen (N) limitation; Plant physiology

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPERATE FOREST; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

DUKE FOREST; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN;

AIR; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CARBON CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; TIME;

AIR; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898023853     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12697     Document Type: Article

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