A coupled carbon and water flux model to predict vegetation structure

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 651-666

  Haxeltine, Alex ^a   Prentice, I Colin ^a   Creswell, Ian David ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Australian Nature Conservation Agency   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate change; Foliage projective cover; Map comparison; Net primary productivity; Plant type; Potential vegetation; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

BIOME2; CARBON FLUX; MODELLING; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER FLUX;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030403480     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236377     Document Type: Article

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