Regional analysis of the impacts of climate change on cheatgrass invasion shows potential risk and opportunity

Global Change Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 196-208

  Bradley, Bethany A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic envelope modeling; Bromus tectorum; Climate change; Climatic habitat; Ecological niche; Mahalanobis distance; plant invasion

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INVASIVE SPECIES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

COLORADO; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WYOMING;

BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM;

EID: 58149504636     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01709.x     Document Type: Article

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