Climate change effects on historical range and variability of two large landscapes in western Montana, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-389

  Keane, Robert E ^a   Holsinger, Lisa M ^a   Parsons, Russell A ^a   Gray, Kathy ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Departure; HRV; LANDFIRE; Landscape modeling; LANDSUM; Time series; Vegetation dynamics; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; VEGETATION;

DEPARTURE; HRV; LANDFIRE; LANDSCAPE MODELING; LANDSUM; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WILDLAND FIRE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; FIRE HISTORY; HOME RANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MODELING; TIME SERIES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; PLANTS; SIMULATION;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349109288     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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