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Potential Future Changes Of The Terrestrial Ecosystem Based On Climate Projections By Eight General Circulation Models, Clement Alo, Guiling Wang

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

A number of previous modeling studies have assessed the implications of projected CO2-induced climate change for future terrestrial ecosystems. However, although current understanding of possible long-term response of vegetation to elevated CO2 and CO2-induced climate change in some geographical areas (e.g., the high-latitude regions) has been strengthened by dint of accumulating evidence from these past studies, it is still weak in others. This study examines the responses of global potential natural vegetation distribution, net primary production (NPP), and fire emissions to future changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration and climate using the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Land Model's dynamic …