Climate, trees, pests, and weeds: Change, uncertainty, and biotic stressors in eastern U.S. national park forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 327, Issue , 2014, Pages 31-39

  Fisichelli, Nicholas A ^a   Abella, Scott R ^a,d   Peters, Matthew ^b   Krist, Frank J ^c  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b Northern Research Station   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d Natural Resource Conservation LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Eastern United States; Forest health; Nonnative species; Vulnerability Assessment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; EASTERN UNITED STATES; FOREST HEALTH; NON-NATIVE SPECIES; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

FORESTRY;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; NATIONAL PARK; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; FOREST HEALTH; LAND MANAGEMENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

EASTERN USA; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901234382     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.04.033     Document Type: Article

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