Patterns and variability of projected bioclimatic habitat for Pinus Albicaulisin the greater yellowstone area

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Chang, Tony ^a   Hansen, Andrew J ^a   Piekielek, Nathan ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOCLIMATIC HABITAT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PINE; PINUS ALBICAULIS; SEEDLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AREA UNDER CURVE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTANA; PINUS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84910599127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111669     Document Type: Article

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