Disentangling effects of uncertainties on population projections: Climate change impact on an epixylic bryophyte

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1740, 2012, Pages 3098-3105

  Ruete, Alejandro ^a   Yang, Wei ^b   Bärring, Lars ^b   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^c   Snäll, Tord ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecological impact; Ensemble; Hierarchical Bayesian model; Plant; Population viability

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRYOPHYTES; BUXBAUMIA VIRIDIS;

EID: 84863084760     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0428     Document Type: Article

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