Developing regional and species-level assessments of climate change impacts on biodiversity in the Cape Floristic Region

Biological Conservation

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 87-97

  Midgley, G F ^a,b   Hannah, L ^b   Millar, D ^a,b   Thuiller, W ^c   Booth, A ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b The Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science   (United States)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic modelling; Climatic niche; Corridor; Geographic range shift; Mediterranean type ecosystem; Winter rainfall

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LAND USE;

CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; SOUTH AFRICA;

PROTEACEAE;

EID: 0038062625     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00414-7     Document Type: Article

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