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vulnerability index — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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vulnerability index

Scope: climate

Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 19 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on vulnerability index with 19 nodes and 56 connections. Top connected: Spruce, Observed forest sensitivity to climate implies lar, photosynthetic rate, Pinus ponderosa, Juniperus.

Definition

A quantitative measure of forest growth sensitivity to climate change based on correlations between historical growth and climate data

Related Terms (1)

climate vulnerability index

Publications (1)

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Observed forest sensitivity to climate implies large changes in 21st century North American forest growth

2016Ecology Lettersmeasured

vulnerability index

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 19 entities)

Definition

Related Terms (1)

Publications (1)

Observed forest sensitivity to climate implies large changes in 21st century North American forest growth

Related Concepts (6)

dendroecological reconstruction

photosynthetic rate

space-for-time substitution

climate zonation

boreal greening

CO2 fertilization

Frequently Associated Species

Spruce

Pinus ponderosa

Juniperus

Pseudotsuga

Eucalyptus