Simulating vegetation cover dynamics with regards to long-term climatic variations in sub-arctic landscapes

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 313-325

  Haraldsson, Hörour V ^a   Ólafsdóttir, Rannveig ^b  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Causal loop diagram; Dynamic simulations; Holocene; Iceland; Land degradation; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND DEGRADATION; SUBARCTIC REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 0141836926     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(03)00114-0     Document Type: Article

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