Predicting and understanding ecosystem responses to climate change at continental scales

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 273-280

  Marshall, John D ^a   Blair, John M ^b   Peters, Debra P C ^c   Okin, Greg ^d   Rango, Albert ^c   Williams, Mark ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; DROUGHT; DUST; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; NITRATE; SENSOR; SMOKE; SNOWPACK; WARMING;

EID: 44449096142     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/070165     Document Type: Review

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