How fast and far might tree species migrate in the eastern United States due to climate change?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-219

  Iverson, Louis R ^a   Schwartz, M W ^b   Prasad, Anantha M ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Diospyros virginiana; Fragmented habitat; Global warming; Liquidambar styraciflua; Migration; Oxydendrum arboreum; Pinus taeda; Quercus falcata; United States

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; MIGRATION; RARE SPECIES; TREE; ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; TRANSECT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DIOSPYROS; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; OXYDENDRUM; OXYDENDRUM ARBOREUM; PINUS TAEDA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS FALCATA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 2642585624     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2004.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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