Ecosystem greenspots: Identifying potential drought, fire, and climate-change micro-refuges

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1852-1864

  MacKey, Brendan ^a,c   Berry, Sandra ^a   Hugh, Sonia ^a   Ferrier, Simon ^b   Harwood, Thomas D ^b   Williams, Kristen J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Ecosystem adaptive capacity; Ecosystem greenspots; Fire; Great Eastern Range, New South Wales, Australia; Habitat productivity; Micro refuges; MODIS; Refugia

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FIRE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MODIS; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PROTECTED AREA; REFUGE; REFUGIUM; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; PLANT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84866872084     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1479.1     Document Type: Article

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