Contribution of increasing CO2 and climate to carbon storage by ecosystems in the United States

Science

Volumn 287, Issue 5460, 2000, Pages 2004-2006

  Schimel, David ^a   Melillo, Jerry ^b   Tian, Hanqin ^b   McGuire, A David ^c   Kicklighter, David ^b   Kittel, Timothy ^d   Rosenbloom, Nan ^d   Running, Steven ^e   Thornton, Peter ^e   Ojima, Dennis ^f   Parton, William ^f   Kelly, Robin ^f   Sykes, Martin ^g   Neilson, Ron ^h   Rizzo, Brian ⁱ  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINK; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; TREE;

UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; TREES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034677594     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5460.2004     Document Type: Article

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