Trends in southern Appalachian region (top) temperature and (bottom) precipitation by cool (left) (November- April) and warm (right) (May-October) seasons as measured by data collected at the Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory since the 1930s.
Warren and Bradford 2010
For Further Reading:
Warren, Robert J. and Mark A. Bradford. 2010. Seasonal Climate Trends, the North Atlantic Oscillation, and Salamander Abundance in the Southern Appalachian Mountain Region. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 49:1597-1603.
Luo, Yiqi, Jerry Melillo, Shuli Niu, Claus Beier, James S. Clark, Aimee T. Classen, Eric Davidson, Jeffrey S. Dukes, R. Dave Evans, Christopher B. Field, Claudia I. Czimczik, Michael Keller, Bruce A.Kimball, Lara M. Kueppers, Richard J. Norby, Shannon L. Pelini, Elise Pendall, Edward Rastetter, Johan Six, Melinda Smith, Mark G. Tjoelker, and Margaret S. Torn. 2010. Coordinated approaches to quantify long-term ecosystem dynamics in response to global change. Global Change Biology, In Press.
Ibanez, Ines, James S. Clark,, and Michael C. Dietz. 2009. Estimating colonization potential of migrant tree species. Global Change Biology 15:1173-1188.