Variability of projected terrestrial biosphere responses to elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 due to uncertainty in biological nitrogen fixation

Biogeosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1491-1518

  Meyerholt, Johannes ^a,b   Zaehle, Sönke ^a,c   Smith, Matthew J ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Department of Biogeochemical Processes   (Germany)

^c Michael Stifel Center Jena for Data driven and Simulation Science   (Germany)

^d MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; BIOLOGICAL METHOD; BIOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84960897914     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-1491-2016     Document Type: Article

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