A tree and climate assessment tool for modelling ecosystem response to climate change

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-277

  Nitschke, Craig R ^a   Innes, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecosystem; Forest management; Modelling; Niche theory; Regeneration; Resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY;

BIOPHYSICAL VARIABLES; CLIMATIC SUITABILITY; REGENERATION; TREE SPECIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PHENOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK;

ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; METEOROLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 36148988755     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.07.026     Document Type: Article

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