Climate-fire interactions and Savanna ecosystems: A dynamic vegetation modeling study for the African Continent

Ecosystem Function in Savannas: Measurement and Modeling at Landscape to Global Scales

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 463-478

  Arneth, Almut ^a   Lehsten, Veiko ^a   Thonicke, Kirsten ^b   Spessa, Allan ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77953602450     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b10275     Document Type: Chapter

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