Capturing functional strategies and compositional dynamics in vegetation demographic models

Buotte, Polly C.; Koven, Charles D.; Xu, Chonggang; Shuman, Jacquelyn K.; Goulden, Michael L.; Levis, Samuel; Katz, Jessica; Ding, Junyan; Ma, Wu; Robbins, Zachary; Kueppers, Lara M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4473-2021

Articles | Volume 18, issue 14

Biogeosciences, 18, 4473–4490, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4473-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Biogeosciences, 18, 4473–4490, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4473-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 14

Research article 30 Jul 2021

Research article | 30 Jul 2021

Capturing functional strategies and compositional dynamics in vegetation demographic models

Polly C. Buotte et al.

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-4473-2021-supplement

Data sets

Data in support of capturing functional strategies and compositional dynamics in vegetation demographic models Polly C. Buotte https://doi.org/10.6078/D15M5X

CLM code for BG-2021-54 Polly C. Buotte https://zenodo.org/record/4586812#.YP7xF25MH-Y

FATES code for BG-2021-54 Polly C. Buotte https://zenodo.org/record/4586821#.YP72IW5MH-Y

Short summary

We present an approach for ensuring the definitions of plant types in dynamic vegetation models are connected to the underlying ecological processes controlling community composition. Our approach can be applied regionally or globally. Robust resolution of community composition will allow us to use these models to address important questions related to future climate and management effects on plant community composition, structure, carbon storage, and feedbacks within the Earth system.