The role of climate change in interpreting historical variability

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1207-1216

  Millar, Constance I ^a   Woolfenden, Wallace B ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forest management; Historical variation; Natural variability; Paleoecology; Use in ecosystem management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NEVADA; SIERRA NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032742352     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[1207:TROCCI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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