Belowground consequences of vegetation change and their treatment in models

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 470-483

  Jackson, R B ^a   Schenk, H J ^a,b   Jobbagy E G ^a   Canadell, J ^c   Colello, G D ^d   Dickinson, R E ^e   Field, C B ^d   Friedlingstein, P ^f   Heimann, M ^g   Hibbard, K ^h   Kicklighter, D W ⁱ   Kleidon, A ^g   Neilson, R P ^j   Parton, W J ^k   Sala, O E ^l   Sykes, M T ^m  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

ⁱ ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^j USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^k Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^l UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^m LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Belowground processes and global change; Biogeochemistry; Ecosystem models; Global change; Plant life forms; Roots; Shrub encroachment; Soil carbon and nutrients; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; SOIL NUTRIENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033850105     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0470:BCOVCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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