Environmental change impacts on the C- and N-cycle of European forests: a model comparison study
Forests are important components of the greenhouse gas balance of Europe. There is considerable uncertainty about how predicted changes to climate and nitrogen deposition will perturb the carbon and nitrogen cycles of European forests and thereby alter forest growth, carbon sequestration and N2O emi...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:500473 2023-05-15T17:45:10+02:00 Environmental change impacts on the C- and N-cycle of European forests: a model comparison study Cameron, D.R. Van Oijen, M. Werner, C. Butterbach-Bahl, K. Grote, R. Haas, E. Heuvelink, G.B.M. Kiese, R. Kros, J. Kuhnert, M. Leip, A. Reinds, G.J. Reuter, H.I. Schelhaas, M.J. De Vries, W. Yeluripati, J. 2013 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/500473/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/500473/7/N500473JA.pdf http://www.biogeosciences.net/10/1751/2013/bg-10-1751-2013.pdf en eng https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/500473/7/N500473JA.pdf Cameron, D.R.; Van Oijen, M.; Werner, C.; Butterbach-Bahl, K.; Grote, R.; Haas, E.; Heuvelink, G.B.M.; Kiese, R.; Kros, J.; Kuhnert, M.; Leip, A.; Reinds, G.J.; Reuter, H.I.; Schelhaas, M.J.; De Vries, W.; Yeluripati, J. 2013 Environmental change impacts on the C- and N-cycle of European forests: a model comparison study. Biogeosciences, 10 (3). 1751-1773. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1751-2013 <https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1751-2013> Ecology and Environment Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2013 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1751-2013 2023-02-04T19:36:21Z Forests are important components of the greenhouse gas balance of Europe. There is considerable uncertainty about how predicted changes to climate and nitrogen deposition will perturb the carbon and nitrogen cycles of European forests and thereby alter forest growth, carbon sequestration and N2O emission. The present study aimed to quantify the carbon and nitrogen balance, including the exchange of greenhouse gases, of European forests over the period 2010–2030, with a particular emphasis on the spatial variability of change. The analysis was carried out for two tree species: European beech and Scots pine. For this purpose, four different dynamic models were used: BASFOR, DailyDayCent, INTEGRATOR and Landscape-DNDC. These models span a range from semi-empirical to complex mechanistic. Comparison of these models allowed assessment of the extent to which model predictions depended on differences in model inputs and structure. We found a European average carbon sink of 0.160 ± 0.020 kgC m−2 yr−1 (pine) and 0.138 ± 0.062 kgC m−2 yr−1 (beech) and N2O source of 0.285 ± 0.125 kgN ha−1 yr−1 (pine) and 0.575 ± 0.105 kgN ha−1 yr−1 (beech). The European average greenhouse gas potential of the carbon sink was 18 (pine) and 8 (beech) times that of the N2O source. Carbon sequestration was larger in the trees than in the soil. Carbon sequestration and forest growth were largest in central Europe and lowest in northern Sweden and Finland, N. Poland and S. Spain. No single driver was found to dominate change across Europe. Forests were found to be most sensitive to change in environmental drivers where the drivers were limiting growth, where changes were particularly large or where changes acted in concert. The models disagreed as to which environmental changes were most significant for the geographical variation in forest growth and as to which tree species showed the largest rate of carbon sequestration. Pine and beech forests were found to have differing sensitivities to environmental change, in particular the response to ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Biogeosciences 10 3 1751 1773 |
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Forests are important components of the greenhouse gas balance of Europe. There is considerable uncertainty about how predicted changes to climate and nitrogen deposition will perturb the carbon and nitrogen cycles of European forests and thereby alter forest growth, carbon sequestration and N2O emission. The present study aimed to quantify the carbon and nitrogen balance, including the exchange of greenhouse gases, of European forests over the period 2010–2030, with a particular emphasis on the spatial variability of change. The analysis was carried out for two tree species: European beech and Scots pine. For this purpose, four different dynamic models were used: BASFOR, DailyDayCent, INTEGRATOR and Landscape-DNDC. These models span a range from semi-empirical to complex mechanistic. Comparison of these models allowed assessment of the extent to which model predictions depended on differences in model inputs and structure. We found a European average carbon sink of 0.160 ± 0.020 kgC m−2 yr−1 (pine) and 0.138 ± 0.062 kgC m−2 yr−1 (beech) and N2O source of 0.285 ± 0.125 kgN ha−1 yr−1 (pine) and 0.575 ± 0.105 kgN ha−1 yr−1 (beech). The European average greenhouse gas potential of the carbon sink was 18 (pine) and 8 (beech) times that of the N2O source. Carbon sequestration was larger in the trees than in the soil. Carbon sequestration and forest growth were largest in central Europe and lowest in northern Sweden and Finland, N. Poland and S. Spain. No single driver was found to dominate change across Europe. Forests were found to be most sensitive to change in environmental drivers where the drivers were limiting growth, where changes were particularly large or where changes acted in concert. The models disagreed as to which environmental changes were most significant for the geographical variation in forest growth and as to which tree species showed the largest rate of carbon sequestration. Pine and beech forests were found to have differing sensitivities to environmental change, in particular the response to ... |
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Environmental change impacts on the C- and N-cycle of European forests: a model comparison study |
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Environmental change impacts on the C- and N-cycle of European forests: a model comparison study |
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Environmental change impacts on the C- and N-cycle of European forests: a model comparison study |
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Environmental change impacts on the C- and N-cycle of European forests: a model comparison study |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/500473/7/N500473JA.pdf Cameron, D.R.; Van Oijen, M.; Werner, C.; Butterbach-Bahl, K.; Grote, R.; Haas, E.; Heuvelink, G.B.M.; Kiese, R.; Kros, J.; Kuhnert, M.; Leip, A.; Reinds, G.J.; Reuter, H.I.; Schelhaas, M.J.; De Vries, W.; Yeluripati, J. 2013 Environmental change impacts on the C- and N-cycle of European forests: a model comparison study. Biogeosciences, 10 (3). 1751-1773. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1751-2013 <https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-1751-2013> |
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