Demographic Amplification of Climate Change Experienced by the Contiguous United States Population during the 20th Century

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Samson, Jason ^a   Berteaux, Dominique ^b   McGill, Brian J ^c   Humphries, Murray M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MODEL; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNITED STATES; WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; POPULATION GROWTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868112712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045683     Document Type: Article

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