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Assessing uncertainties in a second-generation dynamic vegetation model caused by ecological scale limitations

Date

Authors

Fisher, Rosie

McDowell, Nate G

Purves, Drew

Moorcroft, Paul

Sitch, Stephen

Cox, Peter M

Huntingford, Chris

Meir, Patrick

Woodward, F Ian

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Abstract

Second-generation Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs) have recently been developed that explicitly represent the ecological dynamics of disturbance, vertical competition for light, and succession. Here, we introduce a modified second-generation DGVM

Keywords

Keywords: climate change; competitive displacement; demographic trend; ecosystem function; ecosystem response; growth rate; leaf area index; migration; mortality risk; net primary production; numerical model; phytomass; rainforest; scale effect; starvation; success Amazon; Competition; Competitive exclusion; Dynamic global vegetation model (DGVM); Ecosystem demography; Migration; Perfect plasticity; Scaling

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/79377

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

New Phytologist

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03340.x

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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