Large-scale impact of climate change vs. land-use change on future biome shifts in Latin America

Global Change Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 3689-3701

  Boit, Alice ^a,b   Sakschewski, Boris ^a,b   Boysen, Lena ^a   Cano Crespo, Ana ^a,c   Clement, Jan ^d   Garcia alaniz, Nashieli ^e   Kok, Kasper ^d   Kolb, Melanie ^e   Langerwisch, Fanny ^a,b   Rammig, Anja ^a,f   Sachse, René ^g   van Eupen, Michiel ^d   von Bloh, Werner ^a,b   Clara Zemp, Delphine ^a,c   Thonicke, Kirsten ^a,b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (CONABIO)   (Mexico)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

attribution; biome shifts; climate change; land use change; Latin America

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE;

LATIN AMERICA;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84977581590     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13355     Document Type: Article

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