Effects of soil freezing and thawing on vegetation carbon density in Siberia: A modeling analysis with the Lund-Potsdam-Jena Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (LPJ-DGVM)

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Beer, C ^a,b   Lucht, W ^c   Gerten, D ^c   Thonicke, K ^d   Schmullius, C ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT RADIATION; NUTRIENTS; PERMAFROST; SOIL MOISTURE; THERMAL EFFECTS; VEGETATION;

CARBON FLUX; FREEZING; PERMAFROST; SOIL WATER; THAWING; VEGETATION COVER;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 34249743759     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GB002760     Document Type: Article

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