A roadmap for improving the representation of photosynthesis in Earth system models

New Phytologist

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 22-42

  Rogers, Alistair ^a   Medlyn, Belinda E ^b   Dukes, Jeffrey S ^c   Bonan, Gordon ^d   von Caemmerer, Susanne ^e   Dietze, Michael C ^f   Kattge, Jens ^g,h   Leakey, Andrew D B ⁱ   Mercado, Lina M ^j,k   Niinemets, Ülo ^l   Prentice, I Colin ^m,n,o   Serbin, Shawn P ^a   Sitch, Stephen ^j   Way, Danielle A ^p,q   Zaehle, Sönke ^g  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^h GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^k CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^l ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^m IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^o NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^p UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^q DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

carbon dioxide CO2; light; soil water content; stomatal conductance; temperature; terrestrial biosphere models; vapor pressure deficit (VPD)

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EARTH (PLANET); ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; VAPOR PRESSURE;

EID: 84997173271     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.14283     Document Type: Note

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