A climate change database for biological assessments in the Southeastern United States: Development and case study

Climatic Change

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 89-121

  Cooter, Ellen J ^a   Richman, Michael B ^b   Lamb, Peter J ^b   Sampson, David A ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033985693     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005514709376     Document Type: Article

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