Dynamic responses of terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycling to global climate change

Nature

Volumn 393, Issue 6682, 1998, Pages 249-252

  Cao, Mingkui ^a,b   Woodward, F Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032554827     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/30460     Document Type: Article

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