Climate vulnerability of ecosystems and landscapes on Alaska's North Slope

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 249-264

  Kittel, Timothy G F ^a   Baker, Barry B ^b,c   Higgins, Jonathan V ^b   Haney, J Christopher ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d Defenders of Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater responses to climate change; Mammal and avifauna response to climate change; North American Arctic; Permafrost thaw lake tundra feedbacks; Recent climate change; Recent ecological change

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 79952100462     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0180-y     Document Type: Article

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