Climate, ecosystems, and planetary futures: The challenge to predict life in Earth system models
BACKGROUND Earth system models (ESMs) simulate physical, chemical, and biological
processes that underlie climate and are the most complex in a hierarchy of models of Earth's …
processes that underlie climate and are the most complex in a hierarchy of models of Earth's …
The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment
Advances in the science and observation of climate change are providing a clearer
understanding of the inherent variability of Earth's climate system and its likely response to …
understanding of the inherent variability of Earth's climate system and its likely response to …
Couplings between changes in the climate system and biogeochemistry
S Menon, KL Denman, G Brasseur, A Chidthaisong… - 2007 - osti.gov
The Earth's climate is determined by a number of complex connected physical, chemical and
biological processes occurring in the atmosphere, land and ocean. The radiative properties …
biological processes occurring in the atmosphere, land and ocean. The radiative properties …
A global study of relationships between leaf traits, climate and soil measures of nutrient fertility
JC Ordoñez, PM Van Bodegom… - Global Ecology and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aim This first global quantification of the relationship between leaf traits and soil nutrient
fertility reflects the trade‐off between growth and nutrient conservation. The power of soils …
fertility reflects the trade‐off between growth and nutrient conservation. The power of soils …
Soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization: Theory and models across scales
In the last 80 years, a number of mathematical models of different level of complexity have
been developed to describe biogeochemical processes in soils, spanning spatial scales …
been developed to describe biogeochemical processes in soils, spanning spatial scales …
Predicting abundance of 80 tree species following climate change in the eastern United States
LR Iverson, AM Prasad - Ecological Monographs, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Projected climate warming will potentially have profound effects on the earth's biota,
including a large redistribution of tree species. We developed models to evaluate potential …
including a large redistribution of tree species. We developed models to evaluate potential …
Resilience vs. historical contingency in microbial responses to environmental change
How soil processes such as carbon cycling will respond to future climate change depends
on the responses of complex microbial communities, but most ecosystem models assume …
on the responses of complex microbial communities, but most ecosystem models assume …
Seasonal dynamics of previously unknown fungal lineages in tundra soils
The finding that microbial communities are active under snow has changed the estimated
global rates of biogeochemical processes beneath seasonal snow packs. We used …
global rates of biogeochemical processes beneath seasonal snow packs. We used …
[LIBRO][B] The handbook of groundwater engineering
JW Delleur - 2006 - books.google.com
A complete treatment of the theory and practice of groundwater engineering, The Handbook
of Groundwater Engineering, Second Edition provides a current and detailed review of how …
of Groundwater Engineering, Second Edition provides a current and detailed review of how …
Mechanistic scaling of ecosystem function and dynamics in space and time: Ecosystem Demography model version 2
Insights into how terrestrial ecosystems affect the Earth's response to changes in climate and
rising atmospheric CO2 levels rely heavily on the predictions of terrestrial biosphere models …
rising atmospheric CO2 levels rely heavily on the predictions of terrestrial biosphere models …