Modelling global-scale potential grassland changes in spatio-temporal patterns to global climate change

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-96

  Lin, Huilong ^a   Feng, Qisheng ^a   Liang, Tiangang ^a   Ren, Jizhou ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

classification indices based model; climate change; integrated orderly classification system of grassland; model comparison; net primary production; NPP climate relationships

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GIS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SAVANNA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STEPPE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TUNDRA; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 84873371716     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2012.749815     Document Type: Article

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