Climate remains an important driver of post-European vegetation change in the eastern United States

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2105-2110

  Pederson, Neil ^a,d   D'Amato, Anthony W ^b   Dyer, James M ^c   Foster, David R ^d   Goldblum, David ^e   Hart, Justin L ^f   Hessl, Amy E ^g   Iverson, Louis R ^h   Jackson, Stephen T ^i,j   Martin Benito, Dario ^k   Mccarthy, Brian C ^c   Mcewan, Ryan W ^l   Mladenoff, David J ^m   Parker, Albert J ⁿ   Shuman, Bryan ^o   Williams, John W ^m  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^g WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h US Forest Service   (United States)

ⁱ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^j The University of Arizona   (United States)

^k ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; TREES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928309835     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12779     Document Type: Letter

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