Evaluation of ecosystem dynamics, plant geography and terrestrial carbon cycling in the LPJ dynamic global vegetation model

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-185

  Sitch, Stephen ^a   Smith, B ^b   Prentice, I C ^c   Arneth, A ^a,c   Bondeau, A ^a   Cramer, W ^a   Kaplan, J O ^d   Levis, S ^a,b,c   Lucht, W ^a   Sykes, M T ^b   Thonicke, K ^a   Venevsky, S ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Carbon cycle; CO2; Dynamic global vegetation model; Ecosystem dynamics; Terrestrial biosphere model

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037293704     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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