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Title: Deep-Rooted Vegetation, Amazonian Deforestation, and Climate: Results From a Modelling Study.

Authors: Kleidon, A., and M. Heimann.

Citation: Kleidon, A., and M. Heimann. 1999. Deep-Rooted Vegetation, Amazonian Deforestation, and Climate: Results From a Modelling Study. Global Ecology and Biogeography 8, no. 5: 397-405.

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Why Model?

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The Little Ice Age and Medieval Warm Period in the Sargasso Sea.

Biotic Feedback Extends the Life Span of the Biosphere.

North Atlantic Deep Water Circulation Collapse During Heinrich Events.

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Mass Mortalities and Mass Extinction.

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Keywords: roots, tropics, models, modelling, general atmospheric circulation, GCM, rooting depths, tropical forests deforestation, monsoons, climate change, clearing, convection, inner tropical convergence zone, ITCZ, tropical circulation, tropical climate system

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