Influence of carbon-nitrogen cycle coupling on land model response to CO2 fertilization and climate variability

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Thornton, Peter E ^a   Lamarque, Jean François ^a   Rosenbloom, Nan A ^a   Mahowald, Natalie M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COUPLING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 40149094300     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GB002868     Document Type: Article

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