Cellular automata: Simulating alpine tundra vegetation dynamics in response to global warming

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 256-263

  Zhang, Yanqing A ^a,c   Peterman, Michael R ^a   Aun, Dorin L ^a   Zhang, Yanming ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; GLOBAL WARMING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MEADOW; PROBABILITY; SHRUB; TUNDRA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI;

KOBRESIA; POTENTILLA;

EID: 38949163992     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(06-048)[ZHANG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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