Climate change in conservation areas of South Africa and its potential impact on floristic composition: A first assessment

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 253-262

  Rutherford, M C ^a   Powrie, L W ^a   Schulze, R E ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic; Extinction; Immigration; National parks; Protected area network; Response surfaces

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NATURE RESERVE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033364412     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.1999.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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