Climate-change adaptation on rangelands: Linking regional exposure with diverse adaptive capacity

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 249-256

  Briske, David D ^a   Joyce, Linda A ^b   Polley, H Wayne ^c   Brown, Joel R ^d   Wolter, Klaus ^e   Morgan, Jack A ^c   McCarl, Bruce A ^a   Bailey, Derek W ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GLOBAL WARMING; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RANGELAND; SNOWPACK; SOIL WATER;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84930591864     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/140266     Document Type: Review

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