Effects of changes in CO2, climate, and land use on the carbon balance of the land biosphere during the 21st century

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Müller, Christoph ^a,b   Eickhout, Bas ^c   Zaehle, Sönke ^a,d   Bondeau, Alberte ^a   Cramer, Wolfgang ^a   Lucht, Wolfgang ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BIOSPHERE; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 34548308653     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000388     Document Type: Article

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