VEMAP vs VINCERA: A DGVM sensitivity to differences in climate scenarios

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 38-48

  Bachelet, D ^a   Lenihan, J ^b   Drapek, R ^b   Neilson, R ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

biomass; carbon budget; Ecosystem modeling; fire; MC1; NPP; USA

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 55549110041     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.01.007     Document Type: Article

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