Effects of ecohydrological variables on current and future ranges, local suitability patterns, and model accuracy in big sagebrush

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 374-384

  Schlaepfer, Daniel R ^a   Lauenroth, William K ^a   Bradford, John B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DICOTYLEDON; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FUTURE PROSPECT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; RANGE SIZE; SOIL WATER; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER BUDGET;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA;

EID: 84859432868     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06928.x     Document Type: Article

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