Hydrologic refugia, plants, and climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 2941-2961

  McLaughlin, Blair C ^a   Ackerly, David D ^b   Klos, P Zion ^a   Natali, Jennifer ^c   Dawson, Todd E ^b   Thompson, Sally E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; conservation; fog; groundwater; hydrologic niche; hydrologic refugia; microrefugia; refugia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOG; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NICHE; PLANT; REFUGIUM; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; PLANT; REFUGIUM;

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLOGY; PLANTS; REFUGIUM;

EID: 85017368385     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13629     Document Type: Review

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