Case study for the assessment of the biogeophysical effects of a potential afforestation in Europe

Carbon Balance and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gálos, Borbála ^a   Hagemann, Stefan ^a   Hänsler, Andreas ^b   Kindermann, Georg ^c   Rechid, Diana ^a   Sieck, Kevin ^a   Teichmann, Claas ^a   Jacob, Daniela ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Biogeophysical feedbacks; Climatic extremes; Land cover change; Regional climate modelling

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; FOREST COVER; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND COVER; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

FRANCE; GERMANY; POLAND; UKRAINE;

EID: 84873050353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-0680-8-3     Document Type: Article

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