Uncertainty analysis of vegetation distribution in the northern high latitudes during the 21st century with a dynamic vegetation model

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 593-614

  Jiang, Yueyang ^a   Zhuang, Qianlai ^a   Schaphoff, Sibyll ^b   Sitch, Stephen ^c   Sokolov, Andrei ^d   Kicklighter, David ^e   Melillo, Jerry ^e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate induced uncertainty; Greenness migration; Parameter induced uncertainty; Prameter importance; Sensitivity analysis; Vegetation redistribution

Indexed keywords

POACEAE;

EID: 84862280266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.85     Document Type: Article

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