Risk-based reanalysis of the effects of climate change on U.S. cold-water habitat

Climatic Change

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 91-119

  Preston, Benjamin L ^a,b  

^a Pew Center on Global Climate Change   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COLD-WATER HABITAT; DAMAGE FUNCTIONS; MEDIAN IMPACTS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLD WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HABITAT LOSS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33744957945     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-9014-1     Document Type: Article

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