Historical links and new frontiers in the study of forest-atmosphere interactions

Community Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 208-218

  Silva, L C R ^a,b   Anand, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Climate change; Forest migration; Paleoecology; Soil plant atmosphere interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOME; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE FORCING; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOREST; LAND USE CHANGE; PALEOECOLOGY; RANGE EXPANSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WARMING;

EID: 84889676469     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.14.2013.2.11     Document Type: Review

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