Simulated response of conterminous United States ecosystems to climate change at different levels of fire suppression, CO2 emission rate, and growth response to CO2

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 16-25

  Lenihan, James M ^a   Bachelet, Dominique ^b   Neilson, Ronald P ^a   Drapek, Raymond ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeography; carbon; climate change; CO2 effect; fire suppression; MC1 DGVM

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SHRUBLAND; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55549105744     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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