Nutrient availability as the key regulator of global forest carbon balance

M. Fernández-Martínez (), S. Vicca, I. A. Janssens, J. Sardans, S. Luyssaert, M. Campioli, F. S. Chapin, P. Ciais, Y. Malhi, M. Obersteiner, D. Papale, S. L. Piao, M. Reichstein, F. Rodà and J. Peñuelas
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M. Fernández-Martínez: CSIC, Global Ecology Unit, CREAF-CSIC-UAB, 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
S. Luyssaert: LSCE CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Orme des Merisiers
M. Campioli: Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, University of Antwerp
F. S. Chapin: 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
M. Reichstein: Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
F. Rodà: CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès
J. Peñuelas: CSIC, Global Ecology Unit, CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallès

Nature Climate Change, 2014, vol. 4, issue 6, 471-476

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.

Date: 2014
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