Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Distribution of North American Trees

McKenney, Daniel; Pedlar, John H; Lawrence, Kevin; Campbell, Kathy; Hutchinson, Michael

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Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Distribution of North American Trees

Date

2007

Authors

McKenney, Daniel

Pedlar, John H

Lawrence, Kevin

Campbell, Kathy

Hutchinson, Michael

Publisher

American Institute of Biological Sciences

Abstract

Currently predicted change in climate could strongly affect plant distributions during the next century. Here we determine the present-day climatic niches for 130 North American tree species. We then locate the climatic conditions of these niches on maps