@NidhiVinod , @eoway , I took a pass at the modeling section, and would like to see what you think. Basically, I thought we should rearrange as follows (here, topic sentences + notes):
1- "Models are needed to predict future ecosystem dynamics, which remain one of the largest sources of uncertainty in Earth System Model (ESM) projections of the future of global carbon cycling and climate change (Friedlingstein et al. 2006)." (intro on ESMs/ DVGMs/ complexity trade-off
2- "The findings of this review reinforce the notion that representing vertical structuring is essential to capturing forest dynamics under global change. " [how?-- this is the one part where I think we need to add a bit of content.)
3- "The computationally feasible approach to representing vertical structuring in DVGMs lies in Cohort-based models (CBMs), which sit in the middle of this continuum between the oversimplified vegetation dynamics in big-leaf models and the computational expense of individual-based models." (then, condensed version of existing content on how these handle the gradients)
I've also thought about a figure. I think it would be good to add a figure that's sort of a hybrid among some of the figures you sent, Elsa. Below is a really rough start to give the idea. I'd enrich this by showing 3-4 carefully selected scenarios (e.g., baseline, warming-mesic, warming-drought, canopy disturbance), and maybe a few key processes/ consequences (leaf T, C balance).
@NidhiVinod , @eoway , I took a pass at the modeling section, and would like to see what you think. Basically, I thought we should rearrange as follows (here, topic sentences + notes): 1- "Models are needed to predict future ecosystem dynamics, which remain one of the largest sources of uncertainty in Earth System Model (ESM) projections of the future of global carbon cycling and climate change (Friedlingstein et al. 2006)." (intro on ESMs/ DVGMs/ complexity trade-off 2- "The findings of this review reinforce the notion that representing vertical structuring is essential to capturing forest dynamics under global change. " [how?-- this is the one part where I think we need to add a bit of content.) 3- "The computationally feasible approach to representing vertical structuring in DVGMs lies in Cohort-based models (CBMs), which sit in the middle of this continuum between the oversimplified vegetation dynamics in big-leaf models and the computational expense of individual-based models." (then, condensed version of existing content on how these handle the gradients)
I've also thought about a figure. I think it would be good to add a figure that's sort of a hybrid among some of the figures you sent, Elsa. Below is a really rough start to give the idea. I'd enrich this by showing 3-4 carefully selected scenarios (e.g., baseline, warming-mesic, warming-drought, canopy disturbance), and maybe a few key processes/ consequences (leaf T, C balance).
Look forward to hearing your thoughts!