Articles | Volume 15, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4003-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4003-2018
Research article
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03 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 03 Jul 2018

Inferring the effects of sink strength on plant carbon balance processes from experimental measurements

Kashif Mahmud, Belinda E. Medlyn, Remko A. Duursma, Courtney Campany, and Martin G. De Kauwe

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A major limitation of current terrestrial vegetation models is that we do not know how to model C balance processes under sink-limited conditions. To address this limitation, we applied data assimilation of a simple C balance model to a manipulative experiment in which sink limitation was induced with low rooting volume. Our analysis framework allowed us to infer that, in addition to a feedback on photosynthetic rates, the reduction in growth was effected by other C balance processes.
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