Sensitivity of global vegetation models to present-day climate simulated by global climate models

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 415-434

  Ciret, C ^a   Henderson Sellers, A ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0000168313     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GB01364     Document Type: Article

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