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Table 1 Eco-physiological parameters setting and acquisition ways in the BBGC

From: Growing-season carbon budget of alpine meadow ecosystem in the Qinghai Lake Basin: a continued carbon sink through this century according to the Biome-BGC model

Parameters

Values

Symbol

Units

Sources

Yearday to start new growth

110

YSNG

Day of year

[25]

Yearday to end litterfall

280

YEL

Day of year

[25]

Transfer growth period as fraction of growing season

0.9

TGP

/

Optimized

Litterfall as fraction of growing season

0.46

LAFO

/

Optimized

Annual leaf and fine root turnover fraction

1.0

LFRT

1/yr

Model default value

Annual whole-plant mortality fraction

0

WPM

1/yr

Field measurement

Annual fire mortality fraction

0

FMF

1/yr

Field measurement

New fine root C: new leaf C

2.5

FRC:LC

/

Optimized

Current growth proportion

0.47

CGP

/

Optimized

C:N of leaves

18.7

C:Nleaf

kgC/kgN

Field measurement

C:N of leaf litter, after retranslocation

65

C:Nlit

kgC/kgN

Optimized

C:N of fine roots

77.35

C:Nroot

kgC/kgN

Field measurement

Leaf litter labile proportion

0.39

Llab

/

Model default value

Leaf litter cellulose proportion

0.44

Lcel

/

Model default value

Leaf litter lignin proportion

0.17

Llig

/

Model default value

Fine root labile proportion

0.3

Rlab

/

Model default value

Fine root cellulose proportion

0.45

Rcel

/

Model default value

Fine root lignin proportion

0.25

Rlig

/

Model default value

Canopy water interception coefficient

0.021

CWIC

1/LAI/d

Model default value

Canopy light extinction coefficient

0.37

CLEC

/

Optimized

All-sided to projected leaf area ratio

2.0

LAIall:proj

/

Model default value

Canopy average specific leaf area

13.24

SLA

m2/kgC

Field measurement

Ratio of shaded SLA:sunlit SLA

2.0

SLAsha:sun

/

Model default value

Fraction of leaf N in Rubisco

0.15

FLNR

/

Model default value

Maximum stomatal conductance

0.007

gmax

m/s

[25]

Cuticular conductance

0.00001

gcut

m/s

Model default value

Boundary layer conductance

0.04

gbl

m/s

Model default value

Leaf water potential: start of conductance reduction

– 0.6

LWPs

Mpa

Model default value

Leaf water potential: complete conductance reduction

– 2.3

LWPc

Mpa

Model default value

Vapor pressure deficit: start of conductance reduction

930

VPDs

Pa

Model default value

Vapor pressure deficit: complete conductance reduction

4100

VPDc

Pa

Model default value