Climate warming and the decline of amphibians and reptiles in Europe

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1712-1728

  Araujo M B ^a,b,c   Thuiller, W ^d,e   Pearson, R G ^b,e,f  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^f DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Bioclimatic envelope models; Climate change; Ensemble forecasting; Europe; Reptile decline; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; GLOBAL WARMING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPTILE;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 33748486098     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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