Incorporating phosphorus cycling into global modeling efforts: a worthwhile, tractable endeavor. Issue 2 (25th June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Reed, Sasha C.; Yang, Xiaojuan; Thornton, Peter E.
• Is Part Of: New phytologist. Volume 208:Issue 2(2015:Nov. 01)
• Page Start: 324
• Page End: 329
• Publication Date: 2015-06-25
• Subjects: Botany -- Periodicals; 580
• DOI: 10.1111/nph.13521
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0028-646X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="nph13521-abs-0001"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="nph13521-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <p> <table-wrap position="anchor" orientation="portrait"> <table width="100%" border="1"> <colgroup span="1"> <col span="1" /> <col span="1" /> <col span="1" /> </colgroup> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <xref ref-type="link" rid="nph13521-sec-1001" /> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">324</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">I.</td> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <xref ref-type="link" rid="nph13521-sec-0002">I.</xref> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">324</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">II.</td> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <xref ref-type="link" rid="nph13521-sec-0003">II.</xref> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">325</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">III.</td> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <xref ref-type="link" rid="nph13521-sec-0004">III.</xref> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">326</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">IV.</td> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <xref ref-type="link" rid="nph13521-sec-0005">IV.</xref> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">327</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <xref ref-type="link" rid="nph13521-sec-0006" /> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">328</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <xref ref-type="link" rid="nph13521-bibl-0001">References</xref> </td> <td align="left" rowspan="1" colspan="1">328</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </table-wrap> </p> </sec> <sec id="nph13521-sec-1001" sec-type="section"> <title>Summary</title> <p>Myriad field, laboratory, and modeling studies show that nutrient availability plays a fundamental role in regulating CO<sub>2</sub> exchange between the Earth's biosphere and atmosphere, and in determining how carbon pools and fluxes respond to climatic change. Accordingly, global models that incorporate coupled climate–carbon cycle feedbacks made a significant advance with the introduction of a prognostic nitrogen cycle. Here we propose that incorporating phosphorus cycling represents an important next step in coupled climate–carbon cycling model development, particularly for lowland tropical forests where phosphorus availability is often presumed to limit primary production. We highlight challenges to including phosphorus in modeling efforts and provide suggestions for how to move forward.</p> </sec> </abstract>