Effects of climate change, land-use change, and invasive species on the ecology of the Cumberland forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 467-480

  Dale, Virginia H ^a   Lannom, Karen O ^b   Tharp, M Lynn ^c   Hodges, Donald G ^b   Fogel, Jonah ^d  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c CompSci Consulting LLC ^*  (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PATTERNS; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST PATCHES; FOREST SPECIES; FOREST STANDS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; INVASIVE SPECIES; KENTUCKY; LAND-COVER CHANGES; LAND-COVER TYPES; LAND-USE CHANGES; LANDSCAPE MODELS; PRECIPITATION CHANGES; SPECIES COMPOSITIONS; TRANSIENT CHANGES; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DECLINE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WARMING;

BIOMASS; CLIMATES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CANADA; CUMBERLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; CONIUM; HEXAPODA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 64849094130     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-172     Document Type: Article

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