Impacts of climate change on natural forest productivity - Evidence since the middle of the 20th century

Global Change Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 862-882

  Boisvenue, Céline ^a   Running, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate change impacts; Forest growth; Forest productivity; Forest vegetation; Review of changes in forests

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 33745958272     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01134.x     Document Type: Review

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