Potential effects of climate change on birds of the Northeast

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 517-540

  Rodenhouse, N L ^a   Matthews, S N ^b,d   McFarland, K P ^c   Lambert, J D ^c   Iverson, L R ^d   Prasad, A ^d   Sillett, T S ^e   Holmes, R T ^f  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Box 532   (United States)

^d US Forest Service   (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bicknell's thrush; Bird species modeling; Black throated blue warbler; Catharus bicknelli; Climate change; Dendroica caerulescens; Habitat; High elevation; Northeast; Northern hardwoods; Random forests; Spruce fir

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVERGREEN FOREST; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SONGBIRD; VEGETATION;

ABIES; AVES; CATHARUS BICKNELLI; DENDROICA CAERULESCENS; GAVIA IMMER; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; PASSERI; PICEA;

EID: 44149111884     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-007-9126-1     Document Type: Article

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