Global warming: Can existing reserves really preserve current levels of biological diversity?

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-259

  Li, Mai He ^a,b   Kräuchi, Norbert ^a   Gao, Su Ping ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Conservation biology; Extinctions; Habitat changes; Migration; Range shift

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; MIGRATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646708458     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2006.00232.x     Document Type: Review

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