Temporal context affects the observed rate of climate-driven range shifts in tree species

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-51

  Renwick, Katherine M ^a   Rocca, Monique E ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Migration lag; Natural resource management; Range shift; Temporal context; Tree species; Vegetation shifts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913615754     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12240     Document Type: Article

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