Analysis of vegetation distribution in Interior Alaska and sensitivity to climate change using a logistic regression approach

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 863-878

  Calef, Monika P ^a   McGuire, A David ^a   Epstein, Howard E ^b   Rupp, T Scott ^a   Shugart, Herman H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Climate change; Fire; Interior Alaska; Logistic regression; Modelling

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TUNDRA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 20044383575     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01185.x     Document Type: Article

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