A climatic basis for microrefugia: The influence of terrain on climate

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1022-1035

  Dobrowski, Solomon Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cryptic refugia; Landscape physiography; Microrefugia; Mountain climate; Paleoclimate; Refugia; Species distributions; Topoclimate

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE; MICROHABITAT; PALEOCLIMATE; REFUGIUM; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRAIN;

EID: 78650784340     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02263.x     Document Type: Review

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