Climatic and biophysical controls on conifer species distributions in mountain forests of Washington State, USA

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1093-1108

  McKenzie, Donald ^a   Peterson, David W ^a   Peterson, David L ^a   Thornton, Peter E ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical variables; Climatic change; Conifer species distributions; DAYMET; Generalized linear models; ROC curves; Scale; Unimodal responses; VIC

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0038300780     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00921.x     Document Type: Article

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