Tropical land savannization: Impact of global warming

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 73-79

  Franchito, Sergio H ^a   Rao, V Brahmananda ^a   Fernandez, J Pablo R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DEFORESTATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND COVER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SAVANNA; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 84862259567     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0560-3     Document Type: Article

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