Paleoecological insights on conservation of biodiversity: A focus on species, ecosystems, and landscapes

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 921-934

  Delcourt, Paul A ^a   Delcourt, Hazel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian Mountains; Biodiversity; Climate change; Greenhouse world; Landscape heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031767538     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0921:PIOCOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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