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Nutrient availability as the key regulator of global forest carbon balance

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  • M. Fernández-Martínez

    (CSIC, Global Ecology Unit, CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallès
    CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès)

  • S. Vicca

    (Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, University of Antwerp)

  • I. A. Janssens

    (Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, University of Antwerp)

  • J. Sardans

    (CSIC, Global Ecology Unit, CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallès
    CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès)

  • S. Luyssaert

    (LSCE CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Orme des Merisiers)

  • M. Campioli

    (Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, University of Antwerp)

  • F. S. Chapin III

    (Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks)

  • P. Ciais

    (LSCE CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Orme des Merisiers)

  • Y. Malhi

    (Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford)

  • M. Obersteiner

    (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1)

  • D. Papale

    (DIBAF, University of Tuscia)

  • S. L. Piao

    (College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University
    Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • M. Reichstein

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry)

  • F. Rodà

    (CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès
    Plant Biology and Ecology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

  • J. Peñuelas

    (CSIC, Global Ecology Unit, CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallès
    CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès)

Abstract

A synthesis of findings from 92 forests in different climate zones reveals that nutrient availability plays a crucial role in determining forest carbon balance, primarily through its influence on respiration rates. These findings challenge the validity of assumptions used in most global coupled carbon-cycle climate models.

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  • M. Fernández-Martínez & S. Vicca & I. A. Janssens & J. Sardans & S. Luyssaert & M. Campioli & F. S. Chapin III & P. Ciais & Y. Malhi & M. Obersteiner & D. Papale & S. L. Piao & M. Reichstein & F. Rodà, 2014. "Nutrient availability as the key regulator of global forest carbon balance," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 4(6), pages 471-476, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:4:y:2014:i:6:d:10.1038_nclimate2177
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2177
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