Modelling the influence of land-use changes on biophysical and biochemical interactions at regional and global scales

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1931-1946

  Devaraju, Narayanappa ^a   Bala, G ^a   Nemani, R ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Biochemical and biophysical processes; Climate change

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AFFORESTATION; AGROFORESTRY; ALBEDO; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOPHYSICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE MODELING; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; ATMOSPHERE; BIOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84938651072     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12488     Document Type: Article

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