Anatomy of a closing window: Vulnerability to changing seasonality in Interior Alaska

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 464-473

  McNeeley, Shannon M ^a,b   Shulski, Martha D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c High Plains Regional Climate Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Indigenous observations and understanding of climate; Multiple stressors; Sensitivity; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; DECADAL VARIATION; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; SALMONID; SEASONALITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ALCES ALCES GIGAS;

EID: 79956346698     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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