Simulated distribution of vegetation types in response to climate change on the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 341-350

  Song, Minghua ^a,b   Zhou, Caiping ^a   Ouyang, Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BIOME4 model; Paleoclimate; Plant functional type; Vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; WORLD;

EID: 23944452061     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2005.tb02372.x     Document Type: Article

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