Terrestrial gross carbon dioxide uptake: global distribution and covariation with climate.
Science
; 329(5993): 834-8, 2010 Aug 13.
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| ID: mdl-20603496
ABSTRACT
Terrestrial gross primary production (GPP) is the largest global CO(2) flux driving several ecosystem functions. We provide an observation-based estimate of this flux at 123 +/- 8 petagrams of carbon per year (Pg C year(-1)) using eddy covariance flux data and various diagnostic models. Tropical forests and savannahs account for 60%. GPP over 40% of the vegetated land is associated with precipitation. State-of-the-art process-oriented biosphere models used for climate predictions exhibit a large between-model variation of GPP's latitudinal patterns and show higher spatial correlations between GPP and precipitation, suggesting the existence of missing processes or feedback mechanisms which attenuate the vegetation response to climate. Our estimates of spatially distributed GPP and its covariation with climate can help improve coupled climate-carbon cycle process models.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Fotosíntesis
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Plantas
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Dióxido de Carbono
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Clima
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Ecosistema
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Hojas de la Planta
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Science
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania