Modeling dynamic vegetation response to rapid climate change using bioclimatic classification

Climatic Change

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-49

  Kirilenko, Andrei P ^a   Solomon, Allen M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; CARBON; CARBON BUDGET; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE SHIFT; CLIMATIC CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION MIGRATION;

EID: 0031939591     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005379630126     Document Type: Article

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