Fisher, RosieMcDowell, Nate GPurves, DrewMoorcroft, PaulSitch, StephenCox, Peter MHuntingford, ChrisMeir, PatrickWoodward, F Ian2015-12-130028-646Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/79377Second-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 DGVMKeywords: 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; Scaling201010.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03340.x2016-02-24