TY - JOUR
T1 - Comment on "Drought-induced reduction in global terrestrial net primary production from 2000 through 2009"
AU - Medlyn, Belinda E.
PY - 2011/8/26
Y1 - 2011/8/26
N2 - Zhao and Running (Reports, 20 August 2010, p. 940) reported that global net primary production has declined over the past decade and that this reduction was caused by drought. However, their findings are not direct measurements, but rather are based on outcomes from models in which a strong temperature dependence is assumed. I examine the assumptions underlying their results and show that their findings can be explained as logical consequences of these assumptions.
AB - Zhao and Running (Reports, 20 August 2010, p. 940) reported that global net primary production has declined over the past decade and that this reduction was caused by drought. However, their findings are not direct measurements, but rather are based on outcomes from models in which a strong temperature dependence is assumed. I examine the assumptions underlying their results and show that their findings can be explained as logical consequences of these assumptions.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052161495&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1126/science.1199544
DO - 10.1126/science.1199544
M3 - Comment/opinion
C2 - 21868654
AN - SCOPUS:80052161495
VL - 333
SP - 1
EP - 1
JO - Science (New York, N.Y.)
JF - Science (New York, N.Y.)
SN - 0036-8075
IS - 6046
M1 - 1093-d
ER -