Connecting competitor, stress-tolerator and ruderal (CSR) theory and Lund Potsdam Jena managed Land 5 (LPJmL 5) to assess the role of environmental conditions, management and functional diversity for grassland ecosystem functions
Stephen Björn Wirth,Arne Poyda,Friedhelm Taube,Britta Tietjen,Christoph Müller,Kirsten Thonicke,Anja Linstädter,Kai Behn,Sibyll Schaphoff,Werner von Bloh,and Susanne Rolinski
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Member of the Leibniz Association, P.O. Box 601203, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Grass and Forage Science/Organic Agriculture, Kiel University, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 9, 24118, Kiel, Germany
Arne Poyda
Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Grass and Forage Science/Organic Agriculture, Kiel University, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 9, 24118, Kiel, Germany
Friedhelm Taube
Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding, Grass and Forage Science/Organic Agriculture, Kiel University, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 9, 24118, Kiel, Germany
Britta Tietjen
Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Biology, Theoretical Ecology, Königin-Luise-Str. 2/4, Gartenhaus, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research (BBIB), 14195 Berlin, Germany
In dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs), the role of functional diversity in forage supply and soil organic carbon storage of grasslands is not explicitly taken into account. We introduced functional diversity into the Lund Potsdam Jena managed Land (LPJmL) DGVM using CSR theory. The new model reproduced well-known trade-offs between plant traits and can be used to quantify the role of functional diversity in climate change mitigation using different functional diversity scenarios.
In dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs), the role of functional diversity in forage supply...