Assessing the potential impacts of climate change on the alpine habitat suitability of Japanese stone pine (Pinus pumila)

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-128

  Horikawa, Masahiro ^a   Tsuyama, Ikutaro ^a   Matsui, Tetsuya ^a   Kominami, Yuji ^a   Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Classification tree model; Climatic variables; Empty habitats; Model for interdisciplinary research on climate (MIROC); Phytosociological relev database (PRDB); Regional climate model (RCM20); ROC analysis; Sustainable habitats; Vulnerable area

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CONIFEROUS TREE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

PINUS CEMBROIDES; PINUS PUMILA;

EID: 58349103098     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9289-5     Document Type: Article

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