Evidence for 20th century climate warming and wetland drying in the North American Prairie Pothole Region

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3471-3482

  Werner, Brett A ^a,d   Johnson, W Carter ^b   Guntenspergen, Glenn R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CENTRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cover cycle; Hindcasting; North American wetlands; PPR; Prairie Pothole Region; Prairie wetlands; Simulation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887801034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.731     Document Type: Article

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