Preserving biodiversity under current and future climates: A case study

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-38

  Coulston, John W ^a   Riitters, Kurt H ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse filter; Conservation; Douglas fir communities; Ecological envelope; Factor analysis; Global climate change; North America; Pseudotsuga menziesii

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROTECTED AREA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 12444253954     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2004.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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