A century of climate and ecosystem change in Western Montana: What do temperature trends portend?

Climatic Change

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 133-154

  Pederson, Gregory T ^a,b   Graumlich, Lisa J ^b   Fagre, Daniel B ^c   Kipfer, Todd ^a   Muhlfeld, Clint C ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE ANALYSIS; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CRITICAL THRESHOLD; DAILY TEMPERATURES; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; FREEZE/THAW; GLOBAL CLIMATE SYSTEM; GLOBAL TEMPERATURE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MONTANA; MONTANA , USA; PHYSICAL SCIENCE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; REGIONAL SCALE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGERS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; THREATENED/ENDANGERED SPECIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; THERMAL EFFECTS; TIME SERIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENHOUSE GAS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS;

MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72749102485     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9642-y     Document Type: Article

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