Climate exposure of US National Parks in a new era of change

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Monahan, William B ^a   Fisichelli, Nicholas A ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL RANGE OF VARIABILITY; LANDSCAPE; MOISTURE; NATIONAL PARK; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED STATES; VAPOR PRESSURE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903795682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101302     Document Type: Article

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