CO 2  and land use effects on Australian Vegetation over the last two centuries

Berry, Sandra Lee; Roderick, Michael

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CO 2 and land use effects on Australian Vegetation over the last two centuries

Date

2002

Authors

Berry, Sandra Lee

Roderick, Michael

Publisher

CSIRO Publishing

Abstract

Coincident with major changes in land use and management in Australia over the past 200 years, there has been a 20% increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide ([CO2]) in the atmosphere. We investigate the way in which these two factors have modified