Projected impacts of climate change on species distribution in the Acadian forest region of eastern Nova Scotia

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 553-557

  Bourque, Charles P A ^a   Hassan, Quazi K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biophysical attributes; Climate influences; Digital elevation model; Landscape ecology; Process models; Remote sensing data

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALCULATIONS; CLIMATE MODELS; DATA HANDLING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; MOISTURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION;

BIOPHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES; CLIMATE INFLUENCES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PROCESS MODEL; REMOTE SENSING DATA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACADIAN; AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GROWING SEASON; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION;

CLIMATES; DATA; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ECOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; GROUND WATER; MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SUN LIGHT; SURVEYING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 65649125923     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc84553-4     Document Type: Article

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