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06 Nov 2017
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Ecophysiological modeling of photosynthesis and carbon allocation to the tree stem in the boreal forest
Fabio Gennaretti
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
CEREGE, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, Aix en Provence, 13545,
France
now at: INRA Centre Grand Est – Nancy, UMR1137 Ecologie et Ecophysiologie Forestières, Champenoux, 54280,
France
Guillermo Gea-Izquierdo
Departamento de Sistemas y Recursos Forestales, CIFOR-INIA, Madrid,
28040, Spain
Etienne Boucher
Département de géographie, Université du Québec à
Montréal, Montréal, H3C3P8, Canada
Frank Berninger
Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki,
00014, Finland
Dominique Arseneault
Département de biologie, chimie et géographie, Université
du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, G5L3A1, Canada
Joel Guiot
CEREGE, Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IRD, Aix en Provence, 13545,
France
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A model–data fusion approach is used to study how boreal forests assimilate and allocate carbon depending on weather/climate conditions. First, we adapted the MAIDEN ecophysiological forest model to consider important processes for boreal tree species. We tested the modifications on black spruce gross primary production and ring width data. We show that MAIDEN is a powerful tool for understanding how environmental factors interact with tree ecophysiology to influence boreal forest carbon fluxes.
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