Articles | Volume 17, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5829-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5829-2020
Research article
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27 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 27 Nov 2020

Climate change will cause non-analog vegetation states in Africa and commit vegetation to long-term change

Mirjam Pfeiffer, Dushyant Kumar, Carola Martens, and Simon Scheiter

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (29 Sep 2020) by Martin De Kauwe
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ED: Publish as is (14 Oct 2020) by Martin De Kauwe

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AA by Mirjam Pfeiffer on behalf of the Authors (26 Nov 2020)   Author's adjustment   Manuscript
EA: Adjustments approved (26 Nov 2020) by Martin De Kauwe
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Lags caused by delayed vegetation response to changing environmental conditions can lead to disequilibrium vegetation states. Awareness of this issue is relevant for ecosystem conservation. We used the aDGVM vegetation model to quantify the difference between transient and equilibrium vegetation states in Africa during the 21st century for two potential climate trajectories. Lag times increased over time and vegetation was non-analog to any equilibrium state due to multi-lag composite states.
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