Comparing the correlative Holdridge model to mechanistic biogeographical models for assessing vegetation distribution response to climatic change

Climatic Change

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 59-87

  Yates, David N ^a,b   Kittel, Timothy G F ^a,c   Cannon, Regina Figge ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033980778     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005495908758     Document Type: Article

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