The impact of a simple representation of non-structural carbohydrates on the simulated response of tropical forests to drought

Jones, Simon; Rowland, Lucy; Cox, Peter; Hemming, Deborah; Wiltshire, Andy; Williams, Karina; Parazoo, Nicholas C.; Liu, Junjie; da Costa, Antonio C. L.; Meir, Patrick; Mencuccini, Maurizio; Harper, Anna B.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3589-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 13

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3589-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-3589-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 13

Research article

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10 Jul 2020

Research article |

| 10 Jul 2020

The impact of a simple representation of non-structural carbohydrates on the simulated response of tropical forests to drought

Simon Jones, Lucy Rowland, Peter Cox, Deborah Hemming, Andy Wiltshire, Karina Williams, Nicholas C. Parazoo, Junjie Liu, Antonio C. L. da Costa, Patrick Meir, Maurizio Mencuccini, and Anna B. Harper

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RC1: 'Review of Jones et al.', Martin De Kauwe, 19 Dec 2019
- AC1: 'Response to referee #1', Simon Jones, 26 Mar 2020
RC2: 'Review of Jones et al.', Thomas Pugh, 05 Feb 2020
- AC2: 'Response to referee #2', Simon Jones, 26 Mar 2020

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (31 Mar 2020) by Christopher Still

AR by Simon Jones on behalf of the Authors (04 May 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 May 2020) by Christopher Still

RR by Thomas Pugh (30 May 2020)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (30 May 2020) by Christopher Still

AR by Simon Jones on behalf of the Authors (05 Jun 2020) Author's response Manuscript

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Non-structural carbohydrates (NSCs) are an important set of molecules that help plants to grow and respire when photosynthesis is restricted by extreme climate events. In this paper we present a simple model of NSC storage and assess the effect that it has on simulations of vegetation at the ecosystem scale. Our model has the potential to significantly change predictions of plant behaviour in global vegetation models, which would have large implications for predictions of the future climate.