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Global covariation of carbon turnover times with climate in terrestrial ecosystems

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  • Nuno Carvalhais

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
    DCEA, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, FCT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal)

  • Matthias Forkel

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany)

  • Myroslava Khomik

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
    School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada)

  • Jessica Bellarby

    (Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, UK
    Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4YQ, UK)

  • Martin Jung

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany)

  • Mirco Migliavacca

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
    Remote Sensing of Environmental Dynamics Lab, DISAT, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza 1, 20126 Milan, Italy)

  • Mingquan Μu

    (University of California Irvine)

  • Sassan Saatchi

    (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)

  • Maurizio Santoro

    (Gamma Remote Sensing, Worbstrasse 225, 3073 Gümligen, Switzerland)

  • Martin Thurner

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany)

  • Ulrich Weber

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany)

  • Bernhard Ahrens

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany)

  • Christian Beer

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
    Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden)

  • Alessandro Cescatti

    (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Climate Risk Management Unit, Via E. Fermi, 2749, I-21027 Ispra, Italy)

  • James T. Randerson

    (University of California Irvine)

  • Markus Reichstein

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans Knöll Strasse 10, 07745 Jena, Germany)

Abstract

A global, observation-based assessment of whole-ecosystem carbon turnover times shows that the overall mean global carbon turnover time is about 23 years and that locally its spatial variability depends on precipitation at least as strongly as on temperature.

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  • Nuno Carvalhais & Matthias Forkel & Myroslava Khomik & Jessica Bellarby & Martin Jung & Mirco Migliavacca & Mingquan Μu & Sassan Saatchi & Maurizio Santoro & Martin Thurner & Ulrich Weber & Bernhard A, 2014. "Global covariation of carbon turnover times with climate in terrestrial ecosystems," Nature, Nature, vol. 514(7521), pages 213-217, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:514:y:2014:i:7521:d:10.1038_nature13731
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13731
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