Inverse vegetation modeling by Monte Carlo sampling to reconstruct palaeoclimates under changed precipitation seasonality and CO2 conditions: Application to glacial climate in Mediterranean region

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 127, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 119-140

  Guiot, J ^a   Torre, F ^a   Jolly, D ^b   Peyron, O ^a,b   Boreux, J J ^c   Cheddadi, R ^a  

^a AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Last glacial maximum; Mediterranean region; Monte Carlo sampling; Palaeoclimatology; Vegetation model

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0034732351     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00219-7     Document Type: Article

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