The impact of climate-change induced temperature increases on the suitability of street tree species in California (USA) cities

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 34, Issue , 2018, Pages 348-356

  McBride, Joe R ^a   Laćan, Igor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Global warming; Resilience; Tree palette; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL WARMING; INDUCED RESPONSE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; STREET CANYON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85051123672     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2018.07.020     Document Type: Article

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