A Strategy for Assessing Potential Future Changes in Climate, Hydrology, and Vegetation in the Western United States

US Geological Survey Circular

Volumn , Issue 1153, 1998, Pages 1-20

  Thompson, Robert S ^a   Hostetler, Steven W ^b   Bartlein, Patrick J ^c   Anderson, Katherine H ^d  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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