Assisted migration to address climate change: Recommendations for aspen reforestation in western Canada

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1591-1603

  Gray, Laura K ^a   Gylander, Tim ^a   Mbogga, Michael S ^a   Chen, Pei Yu ^a   Hamann, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioclimate envelope modeling; Climate change; Ecological genetics; Reforestation; Remote sensing; Seed transfer guidelines; Seed zones

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST HEALTH; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GUIDELINE; MODIS; MOVEMENT; REFORESTATION; REMOTE SENSING;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASPEN; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REMOTE SENSING; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULUS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SEEDS; TREES;

CANADA;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 79960354227     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1054.1     Document Type: Article

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