Impact of CO2 concentration changes on the biosphere-atmosphere system of West Africa

Global Change Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1169-1182

  Wang, Guiling ^a,c   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosphere atmosphere interactions; CO2 induced climate changes; Drought; Plant water relation; Vegetation dynamics; Water use efficiency; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0036889914     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2002.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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