Modeled climate-induced glacier change in Glacier National Park, 1850-2100

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-140

  Hall, Myrna H P ^a   Fagre, Daniel B ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Glacier retreat; Vegetation response

Indexed keywords

MELAMPODIUM;

EID: 0037315295     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0131:MCIGCI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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