Forest carbon sink neutralized by pervasive growth-lifespan trade-offs

RJW Brienen, L Caldwell, L Duchesne… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Land vegetation is currently taking up large amounts of atmospheric CO2, possibly due to
tree growth stimulation. Extant models predict that this growth stimulation will continue to …

On structural errors in emergent constraints

BM Sanderson, A Pendergrass… - Earth System …, 2021 - esd.copernicus.org
Studies of emergent constraints have frequently proposed that a single metric alone can
constrain future responses of the Earth system to anthropogenic emissions. The prevalence …

No constraint on long-term tropical land carbon-climate feedback uncertainties from interannual variability

L Liu, RA Fisher, H Douville, RS Padrón… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Unraveling drivers of the interannual variability of tropical land carbon cycle is critical for
understanding land carbon-climate feedbacks. Here we utilize two generations of factorial …

Age-related patterns and climatic driving factors of drought-induced forest mortality in Northeast China

T Ma, Y Liang, Z Li, Z Liu, B Liu, MM Wu, MK Lau… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2023 - Elsevier
Given the significantly increasing frequency and intensity of droughts in Northeast China
under climate change, it is necessary to understand drought-induced mortality in forest …

The policy and ecology of forest-based climate mitigation: challenges, needs, and opportunities

CL Giebink, GM Domke, RA Fisher, KA Heilman… - Plant and Soil, 2022 - Springer
Great hope is being placed in the ability of forest ecosystems to contribute to greenhouse
gas (GHG) emission reduction targets to limit global warming. Many nations plan to rely on …

Climate‐driven limits to future carbon storage in California's wildland ecosystems

SR Coffield, KS Hemes, CD Koven… - AGU …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Enhanced ecosystem carbon storage is a key component of many climate mitigation
pathways. The State of California has set an ambitious goal of carbon neutrality by 2045 …

A synthesis of soil nematode responses to global change factors

J Zhou, J Wu, J Huang, X Sheng, X Dou… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Human-induced global changes may significantly alter the structure and function of
terrestrial ecosystems. Although nematodes play a critical role in material cycles and soil …

Advancing Our Understanding of Tropical Forests and Improving the Predictive Capability of Vegetation Models with Data–Model Integration at Barro Colorado Island

R Chitra-Tarak, JF Needham, A Hanbury-Brown… - 2024 - smithsonian.figshare.com
Tropical forests cycle large amounts of water, carbon, and energy between the land and
atmosphere and are therefore essential components of the Earth system that must be …

Nutrient dynamics in a coupled terrestrial biosphere and land model (ELM‐FATES‐CNP)

RG Knox, CD Koven, WJ Riley… - Journal of Advances …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We present a representation of nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in the Functionally
Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator, a demographic vegetation model within the …

Demographic but not competitive time lags can transiently amplify climate‐induced changes in vegetation carbon storage

JM Levine, J HilleRisLambers, WK Petry… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
How terrestrial ecosystems will accumulate carbon as the climate continues to change is a
major source of uncertainty in projections of future climate. Under growth‐stimulating …