The sensitivity and vulnerability of terrestrial habitats and species in Britain and Ireland to climate change

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-23

  Berry, Pam M ^a   Dawson, Terry P ^a   Harrison, Paula A ^a   Pearson, Richard ^a   Butt, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Artificial neural network; Bioclimate envelopes; Conservation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NATURE CONSERVATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037790543     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1617-1381-00030     Document Type: Article

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