Contributing factors for drought in United States forest ecosystems under projected future climates and their uncertainty

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 380, Issue , 2016, Pages 299-308

  Luce, Charles H ^a   Vose, James M ^b   Pederson, Neil ^c   Campbell, John ^b   Millar, Connie ^b   Kormos, Patrick ^d   Woods, Ross ^e  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate modes; Drought; Forests; Projections

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SNOW;

CLIMATE MODES; ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; FORESTS; PRECIPITATION VARIATION; PROJECTIONS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT;

DROUGHT;

ADAPTATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ENERGY FLUX; EVAPORATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MORTALITY; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84970016093     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.05.020     Document Type: Article

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