Assessing the impact of climate change on urban tree species selection: A case study in Philadelphia

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 364-372

  Yang, Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Climate envelopes; Climate projections; Core distribution range; Maintenance needs

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE ENVELOPES; CLIMATE PROJECTIONS; CORE DISTRIBUTION RANGE; FUTURE CLIMATE; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; PHILADELPHIA; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TREE SPECIES; URBAN FORESTS; URBAN GREENING; URBAN TREES;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGY; MAINTENANCE; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; TREE; URBAN FORESTRY;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350350278     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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