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Ideas and perspectives
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06 Sep 2023
Ideas and perspectives |
| 06 Sep 2023
| 06 Sep 2023
Ideas and perspectives: Beyond model evaluation – combining experiments and models to advance terrestrial ecosystem science
Discipline of Botany, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Forest Research Group, INDEHESA, University of Extremadura,
Plasencia, Cáceres, Spain
Benjamin D. Stocker
Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern,
Bern, Switzerland
Teresa E. Gimeno
CREAF, 08193 Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain
Richard Nair
Discipline of Botany, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
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We studied a Mediterranean ecosystem to understand carbon uptake efficiency and its controls. These ecosystems face potential nitrogen-phosphorus imbalances due to pollution. Analysing six years of carbon data, we assessed controls at different timeframes. This is crucial for predicting such vulnerable regions. Our findings revealed N limitation on C uptake, not N:P imbalance, and strong influence of water availability. whether drought or wetness promoted net C uptake depended on timescale.
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EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1826, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1826, 2023
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Ecosystem manipulative experiments are large experiments in real ecosystems. They include processes such as species interactions and weather that would be omitted in more controlled settings. They offer a high level of realism but are underused in combination with vegetation models used to predict the response of ecosystems to global change. We propose a workflow using models and ecosystem experiments together, taking advantage of the benefits of both tools for Earth system understanding.
Ecosystem manipulative experiments are large experiments in real ecosystems. They include...
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