Vegetation and land carbon projections for Wisconsin, USA, in the 21st century

Climate Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-165

  Notaro, Michael ^a   Williams, John W ^a   Lorenz, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon fertilization; Climate Change; Dynamic vegetation modeling; Tension zone; Terrestrial carbon; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE PROJECTION; DECIDUOUS TREES; DYNAMIC VEGETATION MODEL; EVERGREEN TREES; GAS CONCENTRATION; TENSION ZONE; TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION; TREE COVER; WISCONSIN;

CARBON; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84867489652     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01105     Document Type: Article

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