Climate change and the Great Basin

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 204 RMRS-GTR, 2008, Pages 29-32

  Chambers, Jeanne C ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38449100987     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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