Forests in a water limited world under climate change

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Mátyás, Csaba ^a   Sun, Ge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

climate forcing; drylands; ecohydrology; forest policy; land use change; xeric limits

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; STORMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE FORCINGS; DRY LAND; ECO-HYDROLOGY; FOREST POLICY; LAND-USE CHANGE; XERIC LIMITS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; LAND USE; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 84905716025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/8/085001     Document Type: Article

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