Moving beyond photosynthesis: from carbon source to sink-driven vegetation modeling

Reconciling observations with modeling: The fate of water and carbon allocation in a mature deciduous forest exposed to elevated CO2

(2013) Simone Fatichi et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Sustained carbon uptake and storage following moderate disturbance in a Great Lakes forest

(2013) Christopher M. Gough et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

A sink-limited growth model improves biomass estimation along boreal and alpine tree lines

(2013) Sebastian Leuzinger et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Central European hardwood trees in a high-CO2future: synthesis of an 8-year forest canopy CO2enrichment project

(2013) Martin K.-F. Bader et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

MRI of plants and foods

(2013) Henk Van As et al.   JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE

Concurrent measurements of change in the bark and xylem diameters of trees reveal a phloem-generated turgor signal

(2013) Maurizio Mencuccini et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Next-generation dynamic global vegetation models: learning from community ecology

(2013) Simon Scheiter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Thirst beats hunger - declining hydration during drought prevents carbon starvation in Norway spruce saplings

(2013) Henrik Hartmann et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Beyond global change: lessons from 25 years of CO2 research

(2013) Sebastian Leuzinger et al.   OECOLOGIA

Growth of mature boreal Norway spruce was not affected by elevated [CO2] and/or air temperature unless nutrient availability was improved

(2013) B. D. Sigurdsson et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Roots and fungi accelerate carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO2

(2012) Richard P. Phillips et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Individual tree branch-level simulation of light attenuation and water flow of threeF. sylvaticaL. trees

(2012) S. Bittner et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Reconciling leaf physiological traits and canopy flux data: Use of the TRY and FLUXNET databases in the Community Land Model version 4

(2012) Gordon B. Bonan et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Nutrient limitation on terrestrial plant growth - modeling the interaction between nitrogen and phosphorus

(2012) Göran I. Ågren et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Coming of leaf age: control of growth by hydraulics and metabolics during leaf ontogeny

(2012) Florent Pantin et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Seasonal dynamics and age of stemwood nonstructural carbohydrates in temperate forest trees

(2012) Andrew D. Richardson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Variation of mobile carbon reserves in trees at the alpine treeline ecotone is under environmental control

(2012) Alex Fajardo et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Assimilate transport in phloem sets conditions for leaf gas exchange

(2012) EERO NIKINMAA et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Modeling carbon allocation in trees: a search for principles

(2012) O. Franklin et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Carbon dynamics in trees: feast or famine?

(2012) A. Sala et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Hydrologic controls on phosphorus dynamics: A modeling framework

(2011) Christiane W. Runyan et al.   ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES

Ecological Lessons from Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) Experiments

(2011) Richard J. Norby et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Water deficit and growth. Co-ordinating processes without an orchestrator?

(2011) François Tardieu et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Global patterns of mobile carbon stores in trees at the high-elevation tree line

(2011) Günter Hoch et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Water deficits uncouple growth from photosynthesis, increase C content, and modify the relationships between C and growth in sink organs

(2011) Bertrand Muller et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Improving canopy processes in the Community Land Model version 4 (CLM4) using global flux fields empirically inferred from FLUXNET data

(2011) Gordon B. Bonan et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Biomass allocation to leaves, stems and roots: meta-analyses of interspecific variation and environmental control

(2011) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Water stress, shoot growth and storage of non-structural carbohydrates along a tree height gradient in a tall conifer

(2011) DAVID R. WOODRUFF et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Mechanisms Linking Drought, Hydraulics, Carbon Metabolism, and Vegetation Mortality

(2011) N. G. McDowell   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Do global change experiments overestimate impacts on terrestrial ecosystems?

(2011) Sebastian Leuzinger et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The interdependence of mechanisms underlying climate-driven vegetation mortality

(2011) Nate G. McDowell et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Enhanced root exudation induces microbial feedbacks to N cycling in a pine forest under long-term CO2 fumigation

(2010) Richard P. Phillips et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Biophysical considerations in forestry for climate protection

(2010) Ray G Anderson et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Carbon and nitrogen cycle dynamics in the O-CN land surface model: 1. Model description, site-scale evaluation, and sensitivity to parameter estimates

(2010) S. Zaehle et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Development and verification of a water and sugar transport model using measured stem diameter variations

(2010) Veerle De Schepper et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Modelling temperature-compensated physiological rates, based on the co-ordination of responses to temperature of developmental processes

(2010) B. Parent et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Ecosystem carbon dioxide fluxes after disturbance in forests of North America

(2010) B. D. Amiro et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Assessing uncertainties in a second-generation dynamic vegetation model caused by ecological scale limitations

(2010) Rosie Fisher et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A one-dimensional model of water flow in soil-plant systems based on plant architecture

(2010) Michael Janott et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Sustained enhancement of photosynthesis in mature deciduous forest trees after 8 years of free air CO2 enrichment

(2010) Martin Karl-Friedrich Bader et al.   PLANTA

CO2 enhancement of forest productivity constrained by limited nitrogen availability

(2010) R. J. Norby et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A physiological model of softwood cambial growth

(2010) T. Holtta et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Whole-ecosystem labile carbon production in a north temperate deciduous forest

(2009) Christopher M. Gough et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Responses of Humid Tropical Trees to Rising CO2

(2009) Christian Körner   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Quantifying photosynthetic capacity and its relationship to leaf nitrogen content for global-scale terrestrial biosphere models

(2009) JENS KATTGE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Mechanistic scaling of ecosystem function and dynamics in space and time: Ecosystem Demography model version 2

(2009) D. Medvigy et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Linking phloem function to structure: Analysis with a coupled xylem–phloem transport model

(2009) T. Hölttä et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

ANAFORE: A stand-scale process-based forest model that includes wood tissue development and labile carbon storage in trees

(2008) G. Deckmyn et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Changing feedbacks in the climate–biosphere system

(2008) F Stuart Chapin et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Why is plant-growth response to elevated CO2amplified when water is limiting, but reduced when nitrogen is limiting? A growth-optimisation hypothesis

(2008) Ross E. McMurtrie et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Terrestrial nitrogen cycle simulation with a dynamic global vegetation model

(2008) XU-RI et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Evaluation of the terrestrial carbon cycle, future plant geography and climate-carbon cycle feedbacks using five Dynamic Global Vegetation Models (DGVMs)

(2008) S. SITCH et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

High-resolution carbon dioxide concentration record 650,000–800,000 years before present

(2008) Dieter Lüthi et al.   NATURE

Effects of rising temperatures and [CO2] on the physiology of tropical forest trees

(2008) J. Lloyd et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Height-related growth declines in ponderosa pine are not due to carbon limitation

(2008) ANNA SALA et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Winter crop growth at low temperature may hold the answer for alpine treeline formation

(2008) Christian Körner   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Forests and Climate Change: Forcings, Feedbacks, and the Climate Benefits of Forests

(2008) G. B. Bonan   SCIENCE