North American vegetation model for land-use planning in a changing climate: A solution to large classification problems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-141

  Rehfeldt, Gerald E ^a   Crookston, Nicholas L ^a   Sáenz Romero, Cuauhtémoc ^b   Campbell, Elizabeth M ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change impacts; Climate niche modeling; Land management alternatives; Random Forests classification tree; Vegetation models

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EVERGREEN FOREST; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; MONTANE FOREST; SAMPLING;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; CARIBBEAN REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; PLANTS;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84858681235     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0495.1     Document Type: Article

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