Sensitivity of carbon cycling in the European Alps to changes of climate and land cover

Climatic Change

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 195-212

  Zierl, Bärbel ^a   Bugmann, Harald ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CARBON CYCLING; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LAND COVER;

CARBON;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND COVER; MOUNTAIN REGION; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 35148833875     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9201-8     Document Type: Article

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