The carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere: Ecosystem models and atmospheric observations

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1553-1573

  Prentice, I Colin ^a   Heimann, Martin ^a   Sitch, Stephen ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Carbon balance of terrestrial biosphere; Carbon cycle; Carbon dioxide; Carbon sinks; Climate change; Global vegetation models; Interannual variability; Models vs. observations; Oxygen to nitrogen ratio; Reconstructions; Terrestrial biogeochemistry simulation models

Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

EID: 0033665169     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[1553:TCBOTT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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