Estimating the vulnerability of fifteen tree species under changing climate in Northwest North America

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2119-2129

  Coops, Nicholas C ^a   Waring, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 PG model; Climate variability; Decision tree analysis; Species geographic distribution; Species resilience; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

3-PG MODEL; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DECISION TREE ANALYSIS; SPECIES GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RESILIENCE; VULNERABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DECISION TREES; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; WATER SUPPLY;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LEAF AREA INDEX; NATIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VULNERABILITY; WATER USE;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; DISTRIBUTION; EXTRACTIVES; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES PROCERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; PINUS CONTORTA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 79956260977     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.03.033     Document Type: Article

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