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VEGETATION REDISTRIBUTION: A POSSIBLE BIOSPHERE SOURCE OF CO2 DURING CLIMATIC CHANGE
Citation:
Neilson, R. VEGETATION REDISTRIBUTION: A POSSIBLE BIOSPHERE SOURCE OF CO2 DURING CLIMATIC CHANGE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-95/360.
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A new biogeographic model, MAPSS, predicts changes in vegetation leaf area index (LAI), site water balance and runoff, as well as changes in Biome boundaries. otential scenarios of equilibrium vegetation redistribution under 2 X CO2 climate from five different General Circulation Models (GCMS) are presented. n general, large spatial shifts in temperate and boreal vegetation are predicted under the different scenarios; while tropical vegetation boundaries are predicted (with one exception) to experience minor distribution contractions.
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VEGETATION REDISTRIBUTION: A POSSIBLE BIOSPHERE SOURCE OF CO2 DURING CLIMATIC CHANGERecord Details:
Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:05/24/2002
Record Last Revised:04/16/2004
Record ID:
50161