Global and regional modelling of Arctic-boreal vegetation distribution and its sensitivity to altered forcing

Global Change Biology

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPLEMENT 1, 2000, Pages 1-18

  Kittel, T G F ^a   Steffen, W L ^b   Chapin, F S ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b International Geosphere Biosphere Programme IGBP   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic vegetation; Boreal vegetation; Climate impacts; DGVM; Global change; Vegetation modelling

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BRYOPHYTA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034425450     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.06011.x     Document Type: Article

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