Nutrient availability as the key regulator of global forest carbon balance

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 471-476

  Fernandez Martinez M ^a,b   Vicca, S ^c   Janssens, I A ^c   Sardans, J ^a,b   Luyssaert, S ^d   Campioli, M ^c   Chapin Iii, F S ^e   Ciais, P ^d   Malhi, Y ^f   Obersteiner, M ^g   Papale, D ^h   Piao, S L ^i,j   Reichstein, M ^k   Roda F ^b,l   Penuelas J ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

ⁱ PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^k MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 84901621408     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2177     Document Type: Article

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