The influence of terrestrial ecosystems on climate

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 254-260

  Meir, Patrick ^a   Cox, Peter ^b   Grace, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EMISSION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GLOBAL WARMING; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; PLANT; REVIEW; SOIL;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 33646351945     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2006.03.005     Document Type: Review

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