Evaluation of habitat sustainability and vulnerability for beech (Fagus crenatä) forests under 110 hypothetical climatic change scenarios in Japan

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 328-339

  Matsui, Tetsuya ^a   Takahashi, Kiyoshi ^b   Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^a   Hijioka, Yasuaki ^b   Horikawa, Masahiro ^a   Yagihashi, Tsutomu ^a   Harasawa, Hideo ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ecological habitat models; Habitat shift; Migration; Potential refugia; Risk surfaces

Indexed keywords

FAGUS; FAGUS CRENATA;

EID: 70249124176     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01027.x     Document Type: Article

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