Boris Sakschewski

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used a structural equation model to test the hypothesis that species richness, forest structural attributes and environmental drivers have independent, positive effects on aboveground biomass (AGB) and ecosystem functioning.

TL;DR: In this paper, a terrestrial biogeochemical model that simulates diverse forest communities suggests that plant trait diversity may enable the Amazon rainforest to adjust to new climate conditions via a process of ecological sorting, protecting the Amazon's carbon sink function.

TL;DR: This paper provided a revised shortlist of global core and regional impact tipping points and their temperature thresholds, including the tipping point thresholds, time scales, and impacts of climate change, and provided an updated assessment of the most important climate tipping elements and their potential tipping points.

TL;DR: Turn Down the Heat as discussed by the authors examines the likely impacts of present day (0.8°C), 2°C and 4°C warming above pre-industrial temperatures on agricultural production, water resources, ecosystem services and coastal vulnerability for affected populations.

TL;DR: An individual- and trait-based version of the DGVM LPJmL (Lund-Potsdam-Jena managed Land) with flexible individual traits (LPJmL-FIT) which is applied to generate plant trait maps for the Amazon basin and enables to test hypotheses on the effects of functional biodiversity on ecosystem functioning.