Modelling the role of agriculture for the 20th century global terrestrial carbon balance

Global Change Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 679-706

  Bondeau, Alberte ^a   Smith, Pascalle C ^a,e   Zaehle, Sönke ^a   Schaphoff, Sibyll ^a   Lucht, Wolfgang ^a   Cramer, Wolfgang ^a   Gerten, Dieter ^a   Lotze campen, Hermann ^a   Müller, Christoph ^d   Reichstein, Markus ^b   Smith, Benjamin ^c  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cropfunctional type; Global biogeochemistry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; LAND USE CHANGE; NET ECOSYSTEM EXCHANGE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33947374404     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01305.x     Document Type: Article

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