Potential impact of global climate change on forest distribution in Sri Lanka

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 129-135

  Somaratne, S ^a   Dhanapala, A H ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Forest Department   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

CCCM; forest; GFDL; Holdridge Life Zone Classification; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; SRI LANKA;

CANADIAN CLIMATE CENTRE MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; FOREST DISTRIBUTION; GCM; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORY; GLOBAL WARMING; HOLDRIDGE LIFE ZONE CLASSIFICATION; IMPACT; METHOD ANALYSIS; MODELLING;

SRI LANKA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FOREST DISTRIBUTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; HOLDRIDGE LIFE ZONE CLASSIFICATION;

GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 0029659144     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-1053-4_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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