Future climate in the Yellowstone National Park region and its potential impact on vegetation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 782-792

  Bartlein, Patrick J ^a   Whitlock, Cathy ^a   Shafer, Sarah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGE; MOUNTAIN VEGETATION; RANGE ADJUSTMENT; VEGETATION CHANGE;

USA, WYOMING, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0031473272     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.95383.x     Document Type: Article

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