Global vegetation and terrestrial carbon cycle changes after the last ice age

New Phytologist

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 988-998

  Prentice, I C ^a,b   Harrison, S P ^a,c   Bartlein, P J ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2; Dynamic global vegetation model (DGVM); Forest; Last glacial maximum (LGM); Productivity; Sink; Stable isotopes; Woody thickening

Indexed keywords

ICE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOREST COVER; HOLOCENE; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOMASS; PLEISTOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARBON CYCLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METABOLISM; PLANT; TIME;

CARBON CYCLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ICE; INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79551544550     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03620.x     Document Type: Article

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