Changing climates, changing forests: A western North American perspective

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 214-228

  Fettig, Christopher J ^a   Reid, Mary L ^b   Bentz, Barbara J ^c   Sevanto, Sanna ^d   Spittlehouse, David L ^e   Wang, Tongli ^f  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e British Columbia Ministry of Forests   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic envelopes; Climate change; Disturbance ecology; Forest ecology; Tree physiology

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATIC ENVELOPES; DISTURBANCE ECOLOGY; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; FOREST ECOLOGY; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; LASERS;

FORESTRY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CLIMATES; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LASERS;

NORTH AMERICA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84878422150     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/jof.12-085     Document Type: Review

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