Elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) effects on vegetation: repairing the disconnect between experiments and models

生态系统模型是在各种应用中使用的重要工具，包括预测植被对碳的吸收如何影响全球气候，估计天然林和人工林的碳固存，以及确定集水区的水量。尽管已经在实验上投入了大量资金来确定植物对二氧化碳升高的反应，但生态系统模型并没有像它们所能的那样很好地纳入这些数据。该项目将使用创新的方法来弥合实验数据和生态系统模型之间的差距，从而显著改善澳大利亚未来自然资源管理者的信息。

Ecosystem models are important tools used in a variety of applications, including predicting how vegetation uptake of carbon affects global climate, estimating carbon sequestration by natural and planted forests and determining water yield of catchments. Although there has been a massive investment in experiments to determine plant response to elevated carbon dioxide [CO2], ecosystem models do not incorporate this body of data as well as they could. This project will use innovative methods to bridge the gap between experimental data and ecosystem models, resulting in significantly improved information for managers of Australia's natural resources into the future.