Projections of suitable habitat under climate change scenarios: Implications for trans-boundary assisted colonization

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1217-1230

  Thomas Ledig, F ^a   Rehfeldt, Gerald E ^b   Jaquish, Barry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assisted colonization; Climatic models; Conservation; Picea breweriana; Pinaceae; Random Forests

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVERGREEN TREE; EXTINCTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; SPRUCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PACIFIC STATES; PICEA;

ALASKA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALIFORNIA; CANADA; KLAMATH BASIN; OREGON; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

PICEA; PICEA BREWERIANA; PINACEAE;

EID: 84863860772     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200059     Document Type: Article

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