Potential role of vegetation feedback in the climate sensitivity of high-latitude regions: A case study at 6000 years B.P.

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 727-736

  Kutzbach, J E ^a   Bartlein, P J ^b   Foley, J A ^a   Harrison, S P ^c   Hostetler, S W ^d   Liu, Z ^a   Prentice, I C ^c   Webb, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN MODEL; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE; CLIMATE MODEL; FOREST LIMIT; FOREST/TUNDRA BOUNDARY; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; VEGETATION FEEDBACK;

EID: 0030372496     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GB02690     Document Type: Article

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