Habitone analysis of quaking aspen in the Utah Book Cliffs: Effects of site water demand and conifer cover

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 301-311

  Sexton, Joseph O ^a   Ramsey, R Douglas ^a   Bartos, Dale L ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Gradient analysis; Habitat; Habitone; Landscape ecology; Niche; Potential evapotranspiration; Quaking aspen; Water balance

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FUZZY SETS; SEED;

GRADIENT ANALYSIS; HABITATS; HABITONE; WATER BALANCE;

FORESTRY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CLIFF; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GIS; GROWING SEASON; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HOLOCENE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MAPPING METHOD; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SEEDLING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER DEMAND;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; EVAPORATION; FORESTRY; FUZZY LOGIC; POPULUS TREMULA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SEEDS; TRANSPIRATION;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

CONIFEROPHYTA; HUTCHINSONIA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 33748763571     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.04.024     Document Type: Article

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