Reconstructing a lost Eocene Paradise, Part II: On the utility of dynamic global vegetation models in pre-Quaternary climate studies

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 18-32

  Shellito, Cindy J ^a,b   Sloan, Lisa C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Dynamic vegetation model; Eocene; Greenhouse warming; Paleogene

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; GLOBAL WARMING; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION;

POACEAE;

EID: 33644515320     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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