Enhanced Australian carbon sink despite increased wildfire during the 21st century

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Kelley, D I ^a   Harrison, S P ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbon cycle; CO2< inf> fertilization; dynamic vegetation modeling; fire regimes; future environmental changes; water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRES; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

CARBON CYCLES; DYNAMIC VEGETATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FIRE REGIMES; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CARBON;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SINK; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATES; FOREST FIRES; PLANTS; PRECIPITATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84925247666     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/10/104015     Document Type: Article

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