Impacts of extreme weather and climate on terrestrial biota

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 443-450

  Parmesan, Camille ^a,d   Root, Terry L ^b   Willig, Michael R ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0000429072     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<0443:IOEWAC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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