Model of transient changes in arctic and boreal vegetation in response to climate and land use change

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 842-864

  Starfield, Anthony M ^a   Chapin III, F Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Boreal forest; Climatic change; Fire; Insects; Model; Transient dynamics; Tree line

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; CONIFEROPHYTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

CLIMATIC CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM CHANGE; LAND-USE CHANGE; VEGETATION CHANGE;

EID: 0030389721     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269489     Document Type: Article

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