Holocene vegetation and biomass changes on the Tibetan Plateau - A model-pollen data comparison

Climate of the Past

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 881-901

  Dallmeyer, A ^a   Claussen, M ^a,b   Herzschuh, U ^c   Fischer, N ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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

^d International Max Planck Research School   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BIOMASS; FOREST DYNAMICS; GRASS; HOLOCENE; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; TREND ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 80051738769     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-7-881-2011     Document Type: Article

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