Climate change impacts on western Pacific Northwest prairies and savannas

Northwest Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 411-429

  Bachelet, Dominique ^a   Johnson, Bart R ^b   Bridgham, Scott D ^b   Dunn, Pat V ^c   Anderson, Hannah E ^c   Rogers, Brendan M ^d  

^a Conservation Biology Institute ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DICOTYLEDON; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; PRAIRIE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAVANNA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GEORGIA BASIN; OREGON; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PUGET TROUGH; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WILLAMETTE VALLEY;

EID: 79959572690     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3955/046.085.0224     Document Type: Article

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