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Forkel, M.; Carvalhais, N.; Rödenbeck, C.; Keeling, R.; Heimann, M.; Thonicke, K.; Zaehle, S.; Reichstein, M.: Enhanced seasonal CO₂ exchange caused by amplified plant productivity in northern ecosystems. Science 351 (6274), S. 696 - 699 (2016)

Caldararu, S.; Purves, D. W.; Smith, M. J.: The effect of using the plant functional type paradigm on a data-constrained global phenology model. Biogeosciences 13 (4), S. 925 - 941 (2016)

Calle, L.; Canadell, J. G.; Patra, P.; Ciais, P.; Ichii, K.; Tian, H.; Kondo, M.; Piao, S.; Arneth, A.; Harper, A. B. et al.; Ito, A.; Kato, E.; Koven, C.; Sitch, S.; Stocker, B. D.; Vivoy, N.; Wiltshire, A.; Zaehle, S.; Poulter, B.: Regional carbon fluxes from land use and land cover change in Asia, 1980-2009. Environmental Research Letters 11 (7), 074011 (2016)

Jones, C. D.; Arora, V.; Friedlingstein, P.; Bopp, L.; Brovkin, V.; Dunne, J.; Graven, H.; Hoffman, F.; Ilyina, T.; John, J. G. et al.; Jung, M.; Kawamiya, M.; Koven, C.; Pongratz, J.; Raddatz, T.; Randerson, J.; Zaehle, S.: C4MIP – The Coupled Climate–Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison project: experimental protocol for CMIP6. Geoscientific Model Development 9 (8), S. 2853 - 2880 (2016)

MacBean, N.; Peylin, P.; Chevallier, F.; Scholze, M.; Schürmann, G.: Consistent assimilation of multiple data streams in a carbon cycle data assimilation system. Geoscientific Model Development 9 (10), S. 3569 - 3588 (2016)

Medlyn, B. E.; De Kauwe, M. G.; Zaehle, S.; Walker, A. P.; Duursma, R. A.; Luus, K.; Mishurov, M.; Pak, B.; Smith, B.; Wang, Y. P. et al.; Yang, X.; Crous, K. Y.; Drake, J. E.; Gimeno, T. E.; Macdonald, C. A.; Norby, R. J.; Power, S. A.; Tjoelker, M. G.; Ellsworth, D. S.: Using models to guide field experiments: a priori predictions for the CO₂ response of a nutrient- and water-limited native Eucalypt woodland. Global Change Biology 22 (8), S. 2834 - 2851 (2016)

Meyerholt, J.; Zaehle, S.; Smith, M. J.: Variability of projected terrestrial biosphere responses to elevated levels of atmospheric CO₂ due to uncertainty in biological nitrogen fixation. Biogeosciences 13 (5), S. 1491 - 1518 (2016)

Murray-Tortarolo, G.; Friedlingstein, P.; Sitch, S.; Jaramillo, V. J.; Murguía-Flores, F.; Anav, A.; Liu, Y.; Arneth, A.; Arvanitis, A.; Harper, A. et al.; Jain, A.; Kato, E.; Koven, C.; Poulter, B.; Stocker, B. D.; Wiltshire, A.; Zaehle, S.; Zeng, N.: The carbon cycle in Mexico: past, present and future of C stocks and fluxes. Biogeosciences 13 (1), S. 223 - 238 (2016)

Murray-Tortarolo, G.; Friedlingstein, P.; Sitch, S.; Seneviratne, S. I.; Fletcher, I.; Mueller, B.; Greve, P.; Anav, A.; Liu, Y.; Ahlström, A. et al.; Huntingford, C.; Levis, S.; Levy, P.; Lomas, M.; Poulter, B.; Viovy, N.; Zaehle, S.; Zeng, N.: The dry season intensity as a key driver of NPP trends. Geophysical Research Letters 43 (6), S. 2632 - 2639 (2016)

Norby, R. J.; Kauwe, M. G. D.; Domingues, T. F.; Duursma, R. A.; Ellsworth, D. S.; Goll, D. S.; Lapola, D. M.; Luus, K.; MacKenzie, A. R.; Medlyn, B. E. et al.; Pavlick, R.; Rammig, A.; Smith, B.; Thomas, R.; Thonicke, K.; Walker, A. P.; Yang, X.; Zaehle, S.: Model–data synthesis for the next generation of forest free-air CO₂ enrichment (FACE) experiments. New Phytologist 209 (1), S. 17 - 28 (2016)

Schürmann, G.; Kaminski, T.; Köstler, C.; Carvalhais, N.; Voßbeck, M.; Kattge, J.; Giering, R.; Rödenbeck, C.; Heimann, M.; Zaehle, S.: Constraining a land-surface model with multiple observations by application of the MPI-Carbon Cycle Data Assimilation System V1.0. Geoscientific Model Development 9 (9), S. 2999 - 3026 (2016)

Stocker, B. D.; Prentice, I. C.; Cornell, S. E.; Davies-Barnard, T.; Finzi, A. C.; Franklin, O.; Janssens, I.; Larmola, T.; Manzoni, S.; Näsholm, T. et al.; Raven, J. A.; Rebel, K. T.; Reed, S.; Vicca, S.; Wiltshire, A.; Zaehle, S.: Terrestrial nitrogen cycling in Earth system models revisited. New Phytologist 210 (4), S. 1165 - 1168 (2016)

Zhao, F.; Zeng, N.; Asrar, G.; Friedlingstein, P.; Ito, A.; Jain, A.; Kalnay, E.; Kato, E.; Koven, C. D.; Poulter, B. et al.; Rafique, R.; Sitch, S.; Shu, S.; Stocker, B.; Viovy, N.; Wiltshire, A.; Zaehle, S.: Role of CO₂, climate and land use in regulating the seasonal amplitude increase of carbon fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems: a multimodel analysis. Biogeosciences 13 (17), S. 5121 - 5137 (2016)

Osborne, J. M.; Lambert, F. H.; Groenendijk, M.; Harper, A. B.; Koven, C. D.; Poulter, B.; Pugh, T. A. M.; Sitch, S.; Stocker, B. D.; Wiltshire, A. et al.; Zaehle, S.: Reconciling precipitation with runoff: Observed hydrological change in the midlatitudes. Journal of Hydrometeorology 16 (6), S. 2403 - 2420 (2015)

Yang, H.; Piao, S.; Zeng, Z.; Ciais, P.; Yin, Y.; Friedlingstein, P.; Sitch, S.; Ahlström, A.; Guimberteau, M.; Huntingford, C. et al.; Levis, S.; Levy, P. E.; Huang, M.; Li, Y.; Li, X.; Lomas, M. R.; Peylin, P.; Poulter, B.; Viovy, N.; Zaehle, S.; Zeng, N.; Zhao, F.; Wang, L.: Multicriteria evaluation of discharge simulation in Dynamic Global Vegetation Models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 120, S. 1 - 18 (2015)

Walker, A. P.; Zaehle, S.; Medlyn, B. E.; Kauwe, M. G. D.; Asao, S.; Hickler, T.; Parton, W.; Ricciuto, D. M.; Wang, Y.-P.; Wårlind, D. et al.; Norby, R. J.: Predicting long-term carbon sequestration in response to CO₂ enrichment: How and why do current ecosystem models differ? Global Biogeochemical Cycles 29 (4), S. 476 - 495 (2015)

Ahlström, A.; Raupach, M. R.; Schurgers, G.; Smith, B.; Arneth, A.; Jung, M.; Reichstein, M.; Canadell, J. G.; Friedlingstein, P.; Jain, A. K. et al.; Kato, E.; Poulter, B.; Sitch, S.; Stocker, B. D.; Viovy, N.; Wang, Y. P.; Wiltshire, A.; Zaehle, S.; Zeng, N.: The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO₂ sink. Science 348 (6237), S. 895 - 899 (2015)

Baig, S.; Medlyn, B. E. ..; Mercado, L. M.; Zaehle, S.: Does the growth response of woody plants to elevated CO₂ increase with temperature? A model-oriented meta-analysis. Global Change Biology 21 (12), S. 4303 - 4319 (2015)

Dalmonech, D.; Zaehle, S.; Schürmann, G.; Brovkin, V.; Reick, C.; Schnur, R.: Separation of the effects of land and climate model errors on simulated contemporary land carbon cycle trends in the MPI Earth system model VI. Journal of Climate 28 (1), S. 272 - 291 (2015)