Influence of dynamic vegetation on climate change and terrestrial carbon storage in the Last Glacial Maximum

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1571-1587

  O'Ishi, R ^a,b   Abe Ouchi, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND SURFACE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; TUNDRA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 84880750768     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-1571-2013     Document Type: Article

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