Nonlinear climate change and Andean feedbacks: An imminent turning point?

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3223-3232

  Bush, M B ^a   Hanselman, J A ^a,b   Gosling, W D ^a,c  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aridity; Charcoal; Conservation; Fossil pollen; Grayscale; Lake Titicaca; Positive feedback; Warming

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; LAKE WATER; MICROCLIMATE; NONLINEARITY; WATER LEVEL;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; LA PAZ [BOLIVIA]; LAKE TITICACA;

EID: 78349239671     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02203.x     Document Type: Article

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