Potential change in lodgepole pine site index and distribution under climatic change in Alberta

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 343-352

  Monserud, Robert A ^a   Yang, Yuqing ^b   Huang, Shongming ^b   Tchebakova, Nadja ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Forest Management Branch   (Canada)

^c SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ANALYSIS;

GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODELS; POTENTIAL PRODUCTIVITY;

FORESTRY;

CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WARMING; WILDFIRE;

FORESTRY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

HEXAPODA; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 40749092491     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-166     Document Type: Article

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