Relative effects of climate change and wildfires on stream temperatures: A simulation modeling approach in a Rocky Mountain watershed

Climatic Change

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 191-206

  Holsinger, Lisa ^a   Keane, Robert E ^a   Isaak, Daniel J ^b   Eby, Lisa ^c   Young, Michael K ^d  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d USDA Forest Service Forestry Science Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; VEGETATION;

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; REGRESSION EQUATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; STREAM TEMPERATURES; THERMAL CONDITION;

FIRES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED; WILDFIRE;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901189262     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1092-5     Document Type: Article

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