Transient climate change and net ecosystem production of the terrestrial biosphere

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 345-360

  Xiao, X ^a,b,c   Melillo, J M ^a   Kicklighter, D W ^a   McGuire, A D ^d   Prinn, R G ^b   Wang, C ^b   Stone, P H ^b   Sokolov, A ^b  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; TERRESTRIAL BIOSPHERE;

EID: 0031757642     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98gb01035     Document Type: Article

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