Climate variability and change in the drylands of Western North America

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 111-118

  Hughes, M K ^a   Diaz, H F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PSD1 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

climate variability; drought; natural and anthropogenic climatic change; paleoclimatic reconstructions; semi arid regions; Western North America

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GENOTYPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEMIARID REGION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 57049108105     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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