Contrasting physiological and structural vegetation feedbacks in climate change simulations

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6635, 1997, Pages 796-799

  Betts, Richard A ^a   Cox, Peter M ^a   Lee, Susan E ^b   Woodward, F Ian ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE INCREASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; GCM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; VEGETATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030619643     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/42924     Document Type: Article

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