Long-duration drought variability and impacts on ecosystem services: A case study from Glacier National Park, Montana

Earth Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-28

  Pederson, Gregory T ^a   Gray, Stephen T ^b   Fagre, Daniel B ^b   Graumlich, Lisa J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Glacier National Park; Paleoclimatology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MOISTURE; WATER RESOURCES;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GLACIER NATIONAL PARKS; INTERVENTION ANALYSIS; MULTI-DECADAL TIME SCALE; NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITIES; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES; TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 33645962122     PISSN: 10873562     EISSN: 10873562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/EI153.1     Document Type: Article

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