Observed allocations of productivity and biomass, and turnover times in tropical forests are not accurately represented in CMIP5 Earth system models

A significant fraction of anthropogenic CO _2 emissions is assimilated by tropical forests and stored as biomass, slowing the accumulation of CO _2 in the atmosphere. Because different plant tissues have different functional roles and turnover times, predictions of carbon balance of tropical forests...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	Robinson I Negrón-Juárez, Charles D Koven, William J Riley, Ryan G Knox, Jeffrey Q Chambers
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2015-01-01
Subjects:	tropical biomass tropical productivity biomass turnover time earth system models
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/6/064017