Modelling conifer species distributions in mountain forests of Washington State, USA

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 253-258

  McKenzie, Donald ^a   Peterson, David W ^a   Peterson, David L ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Conifer species; Generalized linear models; Limiting factors; Mountain forests; Unimodal response

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOISTURE;

MOUNTAIN FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIMITING FACTOR; MONTANE FOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0041731576     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc79253-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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