Exposure of U.S. National Parks to land use and climate change 1900-2100

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 484-502

  Hanse, Andrew J ^a   Piekielek, Nathan ^a   Davis, Cory ^b   Haas, Jessica ^c   Theobald, David M ^d   Gross, John E ^d   Monahan, William B ^d   Olliff, Tom ^e   Running, Steven W ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Policy; U.S. National Parks; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; NATIONAL PARK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901640833     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0905.1     Document Type: Article

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