Spatially explicit modeling of 1992-2100 land cover and forest stand age for the conterminous United States

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1015-1036

  Sohl, Terry L ^a   Sayler, Kristi L ^a   Bouchard, Michelle A ^a   Reker, Ryan R ^a   Friesz, Aaron M ^a   Bennett, Stacie L ^a   Sleeter, Benjamin M ^b   Sleeter, Rachel R ^b   Wilson, Tamara ^b   Soulard, Chris ^b   Knuppe, Michelle ^a   Van Hofwegen, Travis ^a  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

FORE SCE; Land cover; Land use; Model; Projection; Scenario; United States

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FRAGMENTATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; FOREST; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORECASTING; FORESTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903822668     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1245.1     Document Type: Article

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