Future distribution of tundra refugia in northern Alaska

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 931-938

  Hope, Andrew G ^a   Waltari, Eric ^b   Payer, David C ^c   Cook, Joseph A ^d   Talbot, Sandra L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Arctic National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; MUSEUM; NATURAL RESOURCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WARMING;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887255525     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1926     Document Type: Article

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