Assessing simulated ecosystem processes for climate variability research at Glacier National Park, USA

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 805-823

  White, Joseph D ^a   Running, Steven W ^a   Thornton, Peter E ^a   Keane, Robert E ^b   Ryan, Kevin C ^b   Fagre, Daniel B ^c   Key, Carl H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Ecological modeling; Glacier National Park; Model verification; Net primary productivity

Indexed keywords

INSECTA;

EID: 0031853467     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0805:ASEPFC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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