Establish a digital database of published vegetation CO
2 response results.
Distribution of the database via a server at the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) in the Environmental Sciences Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Integration and synthesis of vegetation and ecosystem CO
2 response results using meta-analytic methods.
Collaboration with other investigators for (i) improving meta-analytic methods and (ii) conducting meta-analyses.
Provide sources, data, and analyses for model parameterization.