The impact of nitrogen and phosphorous limitation on the estimated terrestrial carbon balance and warming of land use change over the last 156 yr

Earth System Dynamics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 333-345

  Zhang, Q ^a   Pitman, A J ^b   Wang, Y P ^c   Dai, Y J ^a   Lawrence, P J ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON BUDGETS; CARBON FLUXES; EARTH SYSTEM MODEL; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; LAND-USE CHANGE; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; TERRESTRIAL CARBON CYCLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS;

CARBON;

CARBON BALANCE; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SINK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WARMING;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; LAND USE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 84887437735     PISSN: 21904979     EISSN: 21904987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esd-4-333-2013     Document Type: Article

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