Fine-resolution assessment of potential refugia for a dominant fir species (Abies mariesii) of subalpine coniferous forests after climate change

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 603-612

  Shimazaki, Masaya ^a   Tsuyama, Ikutaro ^b   Nakazono, Etsuko ^b   Nakao, Katsuhiro ^b   Konoshima, Masashi ^a   Tanaka, Nobuyuki ^b   Nakashizuka, Tohru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive conservation measures; Classification tree model; Grain size; Moorlands; Potential habitat; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAIN SIZE; HABITAT RESTORATION; MOORLAND; REFUGIUM; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

AOMORI; HONSHU; JAPAN; MOUNT HAKKODA; OU MOUNTAINS; TOHOKU;

ABIES; ABIES MARIESII;

EID: 84859266891     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0025-5     Document Type: Article

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