Assessing the stability and uncertainty of predicted vegetation growth under climatic variability: Northern mixed grass prairie

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 139, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 101-121

  Mitchell, S W ^a   Csillag, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem models; Grasslands; Net primary productivity; Stability; Temporal variability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWTH RESPONSE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRAIRIE;

EID: 0035971420     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00229-0     Document Type: Article

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