A model using marginal efficiency of investment to analyze carbon and nitrogen interactions in terrestrial ecosystems (ACONITE Version 1)

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2015-2037

  Thomas, R Q ^a   Williams, M ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LEAF AREA INDEX; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ACONITUM;

EID: 84907279866     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-7-2015-2014     Document Type: Article

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