Vegetation dynamics and plant CO2 responses as positive feedbacks in a greenhouse world

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  O'ishi, Ryouta ^a   Abe Ouchi, Ayako ^a,b   Prentice, I Colin ^c   Sitch, Stephen ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; BOREAL FORESTS; CARBON STOCKS; CLIMATIC EFFECTS; CO-LOCATED; COUPLED MODELS; EFFECT OF CO; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; LONG TERM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SEA-ICE COVER; SEMI ARID; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SURFACE WARMING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATIVE COVER;

GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SEA ICE; VEGETATION;

FEEDBACK;

BIOSPHERE; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; ICE COVER; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEA ICE; SEMIARID REGION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOW COVER; TUNDRA; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WARMING;

EID: 68949115868     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL038217     Document Type: Article

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