Disentangling the effects of land-use change, climate and CO2 on projected future European habitat types

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 653-663

  Lehsten, Veiko ^a   Sykes, Martin T ^a   Scott, Anna Victoria ^b   Tzanopoulos, Joseph ^b   Kallimanis, Athanasios ^c   Mazaris, Antonios ^d   Verburg, Peter H ^e   Schulp, Catharina J E ^e   Potts, Simon G ^f   Vogiatzakis, Ioannis ^g  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^g OPEN UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Climate change; CO2 increase; CORINE; Dyna CLUE; Dynamic vegetation model; Habitat projection; Land use; LPJ GUESS

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HABITAT TYPE; LAND USE CHANGE; MODELING; VEGETATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84929031198     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12291     Document Type: Article

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