Modeling Potential Equilibrium States of Vegetation and Terrestrial Water Cycle of Mesoamerica under Climate Change Scenarios

Pablo Imbach (1) , Luis Molina (1) , Bruno Locatelli (2, 3) , Olivier Roupsard (4) , Gil Mahe (5) , Ronald Neilson (6) , Lenin Corrales (7) , Marko Scholze (8) , Philippe Ciais (9, 10)

1 Global Change Group
2 CIFOR - Center for International Forestry Research
3 UPR BSEF - Biens et services des écosystèmes forestiers tropicaux : l'enjeu du changement global
4 UMR Eco&Sols - Ecologie fonctionnelle et biogéochimie des sols et des agro-écosystèmes
5 HSM - Hydrosciences Montpellier
6 Pacific Northwest Research Station
7 TNC
8 School of Earth Sciences [Bristol]
9 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
10 ICOS-ATC - ICOS-ATC

Mots clés: ecosystem services; forest; hydrology; MAPSS; leaf area index; ecosystem; LAI; runoff; evapotranspiration; adaptation; uncertainty; likelihood; impacts; climate change; GCM

Domaines: Milieux et Changements globaux; Hydrologie; Climatologie

Pablo Imbach, Luis Molina, Bruno Locatelli, Olivier Roupsard, Gil Mahe, et al.. Modeling Potential Equilibrium States of Vegetation and Terrestrial Water Cycle of Mesoamerica under Climate Change Scenarios. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2012, 13, pp.665-680. ⟨10.1175/JHM-D-11-023.1⟩. ⟨cirad-00701344⟩