A simulation of Biomes on the Tibetan Plateau and their responses to global climate change

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 80-89

  Ni, Jian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Biome simulation; Response to global climate change; Terrestrial system modeling; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; MODELING;

CHINA; TIBET;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0034024334     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2000)020[0080:ASOBOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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