The impacts of climate change on potential natural vegetation distribution

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 147-152

  Cha, Gyungsoo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; GNVM system; Modified Kira scheme; Potential natural vegetation distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249147742     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02348212     Document Type: Article

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