Amazonian forest dieback under climate-carbon cycle projections for the 21st century

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 137-156

  Cox, Peter M ^a   Betts, R A ^a   Collins, M ^b   Harris, P P ^c   Huntingford, C ^c   Jones, C D ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIEBACK; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; RAINFOREST; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3042739150     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-004-0049-4     Document Type: Article

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