Impact of future climate change on terrestrial ecosystems in China

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 866-873

  Wu, Shaohong ^a,b   Yin, Yunhe ^a   Zhao, Dongsheng ^a   Huang, Mei ^a   Shao, Xuemei ^a,b   Dai, Erfu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climate change; Ecoregion; Ecosystem; Net primary productivity

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTING PATTERN; ECOREGIONS; FUTURE CLIMATE; INTERACTION MODEL; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; REGIONAL VARIATION; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FUTURE PROSPECT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VULNERABILITY; WARMING;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77951889253     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1938     Document Type: Article

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