Vulnerability of South African animal taxa to climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 679-693

  Erasmus, Barend F N ^a   Van Jaarsveld, Albert S ^a   Chown, Steven L ^a,b   Kshatriya, Mrigesh ^a   Wessels, Konrad J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation; Fragmentation; Land use; Range contraction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FAUNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0036077965     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2002.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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