Projected Tree Species Redistribution Under Climate Change: Implications for Ecosystem Vulnerability Across Protected Areas in the Eastern United States

Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 202-220

  Zolkos, Scott G ^a,d   Jantz, Patrick ^a   Cormier, Tina ^a   Iverson, Louis R ^b   McKenney, Daniel W ^c   Goetz, Scott J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

conservation; forest management; species distribution modeling; species migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925533954     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9822-0     Document Type: Article

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