Abies religiosa habitat prediction in climatic change scenarios and implications for monarch butterfly conservation in Mexico

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 275, Issue , 2012, Pages 98-106

  Sáenz Romero, Cuauhtémoc ^a   Rehfeldt, Gerald E ^b   Duval, Pierre ^c   Lindig Cisneros, Roberto A ^d  

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

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Assisted migration; Climate change impacts; Danaus plexippus; Random Forests classification tree; Responses to climate; Suitable climatic habitat

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED MIGRATION; CLASSIFICATION TREES; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; RESPONSES TO CLIMATE; SUITABLE CLIMATIC HABITAT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION TREES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTING;

FORESTRY;

ALTITUDE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DOMINANCE; FOREST INVENTORY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MONTANE FOREST; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ABIES RELIGIOSA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATES; FORECASTS; FORESTS; INSECTS; MEXICO; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOFTWOODS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MONARCH BUTTERFLY BIOSPHERE RESERVE;

ABIES; ABIES RELIGIOSA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 84859496880     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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