Climate change effects on native fauna of northeastern forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-263

  Rodenhouse, Nicholas L ^a   Christenson, Lynn M ^b   Parry, Dylan ^c   Green, Linda E ^d  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SPECIES; CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INSECT POPULATIONS; LEVEL PROCESS; LOW EMISSIONS; NORTHEASTERN FORESTS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SEASONALITY; WILDLIFE SPECIES;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; MAMMALS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AMPHIBIAN; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; MAMMAL; POLLINATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL PLANNING; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATES; CONSERVATION; EMISSION; FORESTRY; MAMMALS; POLLINATION; PRECIPITATION; RESEARCH; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 64849106671     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-160     Document Type: Review

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