Sensitivity of a dynamic global vegetation model to climate and atmospheric CO2

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1223-1239

  Gerber, Stefan ^a   Joos, Fortunat ^a   Prentice, I Colin ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; CO2 dynamic vegetation model; Global warming; Terrestrial biosphere; Terrestrial carbon storage

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 3943088290     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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