Planning for climate change: Identifying minimum-dispersal corridors for the cape proteaceae

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1063-1074

  Williams, Paul ^a   Hannah, Lee ^b   Andelman, Sandy ^c   Midgley, Guy ^d   Araújo, Miguel ^a,g   Hughes, Greg ^d   Manne, Lisa ^e   Martinez Meyer, Enrique ^f   Pearson, Richard ^e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b Center for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area selection algorithms; Bioclimatic modeling; Biodiversity conservation; Connectivity; Habitat suitability; Species persistence

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

PROTEACEAE;

EID: 13444255784     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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