Using a down-scaled bioclimate envelope model to determine long-term temporal connectivity of garry oak (Quercus garryana) habitat in Western North America: Implications for protected area planning

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 802-815

  Pellatt, Marlow G ^a,b   Goring, Simon J ^b   Bodtker, Karin M ^a   Cannon, Alex J ^c  

^a PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioclimate envelope modeling; British Columbia; Climate change; Downscaling; Garry oak (Quercus garryana); Oregon; Pacific Northwest; Protected area; Temporal connectivity; Washington; Western North America

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; DECISION TREES; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; REGIONAL PLANNING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; DOWN-SCALING; ENVELOPE MODELS; OREGON; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PROTECTED AREAS; QUERCUS; TEMPORAL CONNECTIVITY; WASHINGTON; WESTERN NORTH AMERICA;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROTECTED AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GARRY OAK; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL 2; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OAK; PREDICTION; RANDOM FOREST; SPECIES HABITAT; TEMPERATURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

QUERCUS GARRYANA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUERCUS;

EID: 84864557028     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9815-8     Document Type: Article

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