Environmental control of leaf area production: Implications for vegetation and land-surface modeling

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-1-7-14

  Cowling, Sharon A ^a,b   Field, Chris B ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Biosphere atmosphere feedbacks; Land surface models; Leaf area index (LAI); Soil moisture; Soil nutrients; Vegetation modeling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF AREA INDEX; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 0038336511     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002gb001915     Document Type: Article

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