Simulations of forest system response and feedbacks to global change: Experiences and results from the U.S. Country Studies Program

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 289-305

  Dixon, Robert K ^a   Smith, Joel B ^b   Brown, Sandra ^c   Masera, Omar ^d   Mata, Luis J ^e   Buksha, Igor ^f  

^a INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c WINROCK INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e Walter Flex Str3 D 53113   (Germany)

^f Research Institute for Forestry   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

C pools; C sequestration; Forest systems; Global change impacts

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CHANGE;

EID: 0033589333     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00143-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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