The greening of the Sahara during the mid-Holocene: Results of an interactive atmosphere-biome model

Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 369-377

  Claussen, Martin ^a   Gayler, Veronika ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmosphere biome interaction; Biome; Mid holocene; Model; Sahara

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOME MODEL; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION;

AFRICA, SAHARA;

EID: 0031393784     PISSN: 09607447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997337     Document Type: Article

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