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

Date

2010

Authors

Fisher, Rosie
McDowell, Nate G
Purves, Drew
Moorcroft, Paul
Sitch, Stephen
Cox, Peter M
Huntingford, Chris
Meir, Patrick
Woodward, F Ian

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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

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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

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Source

New Phytologist

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Journal article

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2037-12-31