Abstract
Existing relations among land cover, species distributions, ecosystem processes (such as the flow of water and decomposition of organic matter), and human land use are the basis for projecting ranges of ecological responses to different scenarios of climate change.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States |
Subtitle of host publication | A Report Prepared for the National Climate Assessment |
Publisher | Island Press-Center for Resource Economics |
Pages | 148-167 |
Number of pages | 20 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781610914840 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781597264204 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2013 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Environmental Science
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences