Simulated effects of low atmospheric CO2 on structure and composition of North American vegetation at the Last Glacial Maximum

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 81-93

  Cowling, Sharon A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BIOME3; Last Glacial Maximum (LGM); Leaf area index (LAI); Low atmospheric CO2; North America; Palaeoecology; Vegetation modelling; Water use efficiency (WUE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033428795     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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