Separating direct and indirect effects of global change: A population dynamic modeling approach using readily available field data

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1238-1250

  Farrer, Emily C ^a   Ashton, Isabel W ^b   Knape, Jonas ^a   Suding, Katharine N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community dynamics; Competition; Diversity; Global warming; Nitrogen deposition; Snow; Tundra

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; MODELING; NITROGEN; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TUNDRA;

NITROGEN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COLORADO; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84896863659     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12401     Document Type: Article

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