Climate change effects on northern Great Lake (USA) forests: A case for preserving diversity

Ecosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Duveneck, Matthew J ^a   Scheller, Robert M ^a   White, Mark A ^b   Handler, Stephen D ^c   Ravenscroft, Catherine ^d  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science United States Forest Service   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Forest management; Forest simulation model; LANDIS II; Michigan, USA; Minnesota, USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900029810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00370.1     Document Type: Article

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