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| Titel |
Simulation of tree-ring widths with a model for primary production, carbon allocation, and growth |
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G. Li, S. P. Harrison, I. C. Prentice, D. Falster |
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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1726-4170
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| Erschienen |
In: Biogeosciences ; 11, no. 23 ; Nr. 11, no. 23 (2014-12-04), S.6711-6724 |
| Datensatznummer |
250117712
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/bg-11-6711-2014.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| We present a simple, generic model of annual tree growth, called "T".
This model accepts input from a first-principles light-use efficiency model
(the "P" model). The P model provides values for gross primary production
(GPP) per unit of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (PAR).
Absorbed PAR is estimated from the current leaf area. GPP is allocated to
foliage, transport tissue, and fine-root production and respiration in such
a way as to satisfy well-understood dimensional and functional relationships.
Our approach thereby integrates two modelling approaches separately developed
in the global carbon-cycle and forest-science literature. The T model can
represent both ontogenetic effects (the impact of ageing) and the effects of
environmental variations and trends (climate and CO2) on growth. Driven
by local climate records, the model was applied to simulate ring widths
during the period 1958–2006 for multiple trees of Pinus koraiensis from the
Changbai Mountains in northeastern China. Each tree was initialised at its
actual diameter at the time when local climate records started. The model
produces realistic simulations of the interannual variability in ring width
for different age cohorts (young, mature, and old). Both the simulations and
observations show a significant positive response of tree-ring width to
growing-season total photosynthetically active radiation (PAR0) and the
ratio of actual to potential evapotranspiration (α), and a
significant negative response to mean annual temperature (MAT). The slopes of
the simulated and observed relationships with PAR0 and α are
similar; the negative response to MAT is underestimated by the model.
Comparison of simulations with fixed and changing atmospheric CO2
concentration shows that CO2 fertilisation over the past 50 years is too
small to be distinguished in the ring-width data, given ontogenetic trends and
interannual variability in climate. |
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