Feedbacks of terrestrial ecosystems to climate change

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Volumn 32, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-29

  Field, Christopher B ^a   Lobell, David B ^b   Peters, Halton A ^a   Chiariello, Nona R ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Biogeochemistry; Biogeography; Land use; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CARBON STORAGE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS EMISSIONS; LAND USE; PERMAFROST;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 37049034232     PISSN: 15435938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.32.053006.141119     Document Type: Article

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