Large impacts of climatic warming on growth of boreal forests since 1960

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Kauppi, Pekka E ^a,b   Posch, Maximilian ^c   Pirinen, Pentti ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FINLAND; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST STRUCTURE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; TAIGA; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE; WEATHER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; FORESTS; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL WARMING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREES; WEATHER;

EID: 84910604131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111340     Document Type: Article

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