Field-based tree mortality constraint reduces estimates of model-projected forest carbon sinks

Here the authors use broad-scale tree mortality data to estimate biomass loss, constraining uncertainty of projected forest net primary productivity in 6 models, finding weaker tropical forest carbon sinks with climate change.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kailiang Yu, Philippe Ciais, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Zhihua Liu, Han Y. H. Chen, Jonathan Barichivich, Craig D. Allen, Hui Yang, Yuanyuan Huang, Ashley P. Ballantyne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29619-4