Fine-grain, large-domain climate models based on climate station and comprehensive topographic information improve microrefugia detection

Ecography

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1003-1013

  Meineri, Eric ^a   Hylander, Kristoffer ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; DETECTION METHOD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HETEROGENEITY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MICROHABITAT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84988864366     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.02494     Document Type: Article

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