Quantifying the biologically possible range of steady-state soil and surface climates with climate model simulations

Biologia (Poland)

Volumn 61, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Kleidon, Axel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

atmosphere biosphere interactions; climate; feedbacks; maximum entropy production; vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248929087     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-006-0164-z     Document Type: Article

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