Observing changing ecological diversity in the Anthropocene

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 129-137

  Schimel, David S ^a   Asner, Gregory P ^b   Moorcroft, Paul ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HOLOCENE; MAP; PALEOECOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 84875977645     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120111     Document Type: Review

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