Climatic water deficit, tree species ranges, and climate change in Yosemite National Park

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 936-950

  Lutz, James A ^a   van Wagtendonk, Jan W ^b   Franklin, Jerry F ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Climate change; Forest vegetation; Little Ice Age; Pinus monticola; PRISM; Sierra Nevada; Species range shifts; Thornthwaite method; Tsuga mertensiana

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELEVATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EVERGREEN TREE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

PINUS MONTICOLA; TSUGA; TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 77951692062     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02268.x     Document Type: Article

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