Quantifying modern biomes based on surface pollen data in China

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 114-131

  Chen, Yu ^a,b   Ni, Jian ^a,c   Herzschuh, Ulrike ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biome; Biomization; China; Human disturbance; Model data comparison; Modern surface pollen; Plant functional types

Indexed keywords

BIOME; BIOMIZATION; CHINA; HUMAN DISTURBANCE; MODERN SURFACE POLLEN; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPES;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOME; DESERT; FOREST; GRASSLAND; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; SHRUBLAND; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION; FORESTRY; PLANTS; POLLEN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 78649631572     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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