Towards quantifying uncertainty in predictions of Amazon 'dieback'

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1498, 2008, Pages 1857-1864

  Huntingford, Chris ^a   Fisher, Rosie A ^b   Mercado, Lina ^a   Booth, Ben B B ^c   Sitch, Stephen ^c   Harris, Phil P ^a   Cox, Peter M ^d   Jones, Chris D ^c   Betts, Richard A ^c   Malhi, Yadvinder ^e   Harris, Glen R ^c   Collins, Mat ^c   Moorcroft, Paul ^f  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Carbon cycle; Climate change; Die back; Ecosystems; Global warming

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CARBON CYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIEBACK; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST DYNAMICS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RAINFOREST; SOIL MOISTURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 41649107975     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.0028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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