Effect of low glacial atmospheric CO2 on tropical African montane vegetation

Science

Volumn 276, Issue 5313, 1997, Pages 786-788

  Jolly, Dominique ^a   Haxeltine, Alex ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE; FOREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIAL/INTERGLACIAL; MONTANE VEGETATION; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SCRUB; TROPICAL MONTANE FOREST; VEGETATION MODEL;

AFRICA, (EAST);

EID: 0030616891     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5313.786     Document Type: Article

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