Vegetation-climate feedbacks in the conversion of tropical savanna to Grassland

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1593-1602

  Hoffmann, William A ^a,c   Jackson, Robert B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VEGETATION;

GRASSLANDS; TROPICAL SAVANNA; VEGETATION-CLIMATE FEEDBACKS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GRASSLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; SAVANNA; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0034099671     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1593:VCFITC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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