Which tree species and biome types are most vulnerable to climate change in the US Northern Rocky Mountains?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 338, Issue , 2015, Pages 68-83

  Hansen, Andrew J ^a   Phillips, Linda B ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioclimate envelop modeling; Climate change; Management; Rocky Mountains; Tree species; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; MANAGEMENT;

BIOCLIMATE; IPCC EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION; NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; TREE SPECIES; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; VULNERABILITY;

CLIMATES; MANAGEMENT; MODELS; MOUNTAINS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; GLACIER NATIONAL PARK [BRITISH COLUMBIA]; GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK; NORTH CAROLINA; ROCKY MOUNT; UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS ALBICAULIS; TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 84949116153     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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