Vegetation structural change since 1981 significantly enhanced the terrestrial carbon sink
There lacks systematic analysis on the importance of vegetation structural change in the global terrestrial carbon cycle. Here the authors conducted a multi-model comparison analysis and find that the increase in leaf area index has been responsible for 12.4% of the accumulated terrestrial carbon si...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-09-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12257-8 |