Committed changes in tropical tree cover under the projected 21st century climate change

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zeng, Zhenzhong ^a   Piao, Shilong ^a   Chen, Anping ^b,c   Lin, Xin ^d   Nan, Huijuan ^e   Li, Junsheng ^f   Ciais, Philippe ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

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EID: 84925511523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01951     Document Type: Review

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