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David Wårlind

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Low historical nitrogen deposition effect on carbon sequestration in the boreal zone

Författare

  • K. Fleischer
  • David Wårlind
  • M. K. van der Molen
  • K. T. Rebel
  • A. Arneth
  • J. W. Erisman
  • M. J. Wassen
  • Benjamin Smith
  • C. M. Gough
  • H. A. Margolis
  • A. Cescatti
  • L. Montagnani
  • A. Arain
  • A. J. Dolman
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Summary, in English

Nitrogen (N) cycle dynamics and N deposition play an important role in determining the terrestrial biosphere's carbon (C) balance. We assess global and biome-specific N deposition effects on C sequestration rates with the dynamic global vegetation model LPJ-GUESS. Modeled CN interactions are evaluated by comparing predictions of the C and CN version of the model with direct observations of C fluxes from 68 forest FLUXNET sites. N limitation on C uptake reduced overestimation of gross primary productivity for boreal evergreen needleleaf forests from 56% to 18%, presenting the greatest improvement among forest types. Relative N deposition effects on C sequestration (dC/dN) in boreal, temperate, and tropical sites ranged from 17 to 26kgCkgN(-1) when modeled at site scale and were reduced to 12-22kgCkgN(-1) at global scale. We find that 19% of the recent (1990-2007) and 24% of the historical global C sink (1900-2006) was driven by N deposition effects. While boreal forests exhibit highest dC/dN, their N deposition-induced C sink was relatively low and is suspected to stay low in the future as no major changes in N deposition rates are expected in the boreal zone. N deposition induced a greater C sink in temperate and tropical forests, while predicted C fluxes and N-induced C sink response in tropical forests were associated with greatest uncertainties. Future work should be directed at improving the ability of LPJ-GUESS and other process-based ecosystem models to reproduce C cycle dynamics in the tropics, facilitated by more benchmarking data sets. Furthermore, efforts should aim to improve understanding and model representations of N availability (e.g., N fixation and organic N uptake), N limitation, P cycle dynamics, and effects of anthropogenic land use and land cover changes.

Avdelning/ar

  • Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap
  • MERGE: ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

Publiceringsår

2015

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

2542-2561

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences

Volym

120

Issue

12

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Wiley

Ämne

  • Physical Geography
  • Climate Research

Nyckelord

  • nitrogen deposition
  • carbon sequestration
  • global dynamic vegetation
  • models
  • forests
  • FLUXNET

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 2169-8953