Biotic effects of climate change in urban environments: The case of the grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in Melbourne, Australia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 267-276

  Parris, Kirsten M ^a,c   Hazell, Donna L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic modelling; Global change; Pteropus poliocephalus; Urban ecology; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL CHANGE; HEAT ISLAND; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; POLIOCEPHALUS; POLIOCEPHALUS POLIOCEPHALUS; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS POLIOCEPHALUS;

EID: 15744390097     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.01.035     Document Type: Article

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