Global vegetation models: Incorporating transient changes to structure and composition

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 321-328

  Steffen, William L ^a,b   Cramer, Wolfgang ^a   Plöchl, Matthias ^a   Bugmann, Harald ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Climate change; Disturbance; Ecosystem dynamics; Global change; Patch model; Plant functional type

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; GLOBAL VEGETATION MODEL; MODELLING; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029660506     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236275     Document Type: Article

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