Extinction risk from climate change

Nature

Volumn 427, Issue 6970, 2004, Pages 145-148

  Thomas, Chris D ^a   Cameron, Alison ^a   Green, Rhys E ^b,c   Bakkenes, Michel ^d   Beaumont, Linda J ^e   Collingham, Yvonne C ^f   Erasmus, Barend F N ^g   Ferreira De Siqueira, Marinez ^h   Grainger, Alan ^a   Hannah, Lee ⁱ   Hughes, Lesley ^e   Huntley, Brian ^f   Van Jaarsveld, Albert S ^j   Midgley, Guy F ^k   Miles, Lera ^a,o   Ortega Huerta, Miguel A ^l   Peterson, A Townsend ^m   Phillips, Oliver L ^a   Williams, Stephen E ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^h Ctro de Ref Informacao Ambiental   (Brazil)

ⁱ Center for Applied Biodiversity Science   (United States)

^j STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^k SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^l UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^m UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

ⁿ JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^o UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EARTH (PLANET); GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; MASS EXTINCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542329839     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02121     Document Type: Article

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