Transient simulations of the carbon and nitrogen dynamics in northern peatlands: From the Last Glacial Maximum to the 21st century

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1287-1308

  Spahni, R ^a   Joos, F ^a   Stocker, B D ^a   Steinacher, M ^a   Yu, Z C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CARBON; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON FLUX; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATITUDE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PALEOCLIMATE; PEATLAND; RESPIRATION; SOIL CARBON; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84883651539     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-1287-2013     Document Type: Article

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