The biodiversity crisis and adaptation to climate change: A case study from Australia's forests

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-74

  Williams, Jann E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biodiversity; Climate change; Climate variability; Institutional reform

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; CLIMATE SENSITIVE SECTORS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; GLOBAL CLIMATE;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INSECTA;

EID: 0034100779     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006361917359     Document Type: Article

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