Impact of climate variability on present and Holocene vegetation: A model-based study

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 191, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 469-486

  Ni, Jian ^a,b   Harrison, Sandy P ^a,e   Colin Prentice, I ^a,e   Kutzbach, John E ^c   Sitch, Stephen ^d,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (DGVM); Fast Ocean Atmosphere Model (FOAM); Fire; Foliage projective cover (FPC); Holocene; Plant functional types (PFTs)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DYNAMIC GLOBAL VEGETATION MODEL (DGVM); FIRE; FOLIAGE PROTECTIVE COVER (FPC); HOLOCENE; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPES (PFT);

VEGETATION;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; MODELING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

POACEAE;

EID: 30344487298     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.05.019     Document Type: Article

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