Potential high-latitude vegetation feedbacks on CO2-induced climate change

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 747-750

  Levis, S ^a,c   Foley, J A ^a   Pollard, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; VEGETATION;

ALBEDO;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033559994     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900107     Document Type: Article

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