• Data-constrained carboxylation limitation by the maximum electron transport rate (J_max) and by the triose phosphate utilization (TPU).
• Hydrological routing between sites and patches based on TOPMODEL
• New Plant Functional Types for boreal ecosystems and shrublands
• Tropical lianas, and mechanisms to represent liana-host competition.
• Trait plasticity
• Hydraulic failure mortality
• Sub-lethal damage (branch fall)
• Heterogeneous patch-level illumination due to variations in canopy height
• Data-constrained Selective logging
• Process-based fire model based on SPITFIRE and HESFIRE.

Below is a list of related model development projects that use the ED model or are based on ED.

• Predictive Ecosystem Analyzer (PEcAn)
• Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES)