When ecosystem services crash: Preparing for big, fast, patchy climate change

Ambio

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 256-263

  Breshears, David D ^a,b   López Hoffman, Laura ^a   Graumlich, Lisa J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Ecosystem services; Forest tree die off

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HOMOGENEITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SEMIARID REGION; STAKEHOLDER; VULNERABILITY; WOODLAND;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 79955111194     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-010-0106-4     Document Type: Review

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