Modelling climate change impacts on the distribution of breeding birds in Britain and Ireland

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-42

  Harrison, Paula A ^a   Vanhinsbergh, Des P ^b   Fuller, Robert J ^b   Berry, Pam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic variables; Climate space; Neural networks; Spatial modelling

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; NATURE CONSERVATION;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; GAVIA; GAVIA STELLATA; LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS; MOTACILLA; MOTACILLA FLAVA; PARUS; PARUS MONTANUS; SITTA; SITTA EUROPAEA; STREPTOPELIA; STREPTOPELIA TURTUR; TETRAO; TETRAO UROGALLUS; TURTUR;

EID: 0038128187     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1617-1381-00036     Document Type: Article

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