Time lags and novel ecosystems in response to transient climatic change in arctic Alaska

Climatic Change

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 449-461

  Chapin III, F Stuart ^a   Starfield, Anthony M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATIC CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; MODEL; TIME LAG; TREE LINE; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION RESPONSE;

USA, ALASKA;

EID: 0030613133     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005337705025     Document Type: Article

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