Potential vulnerability of Namaqualand plant diversity to anthropogenic climate change

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 615-628

  Midgley, G F ^a   Thuiller, W ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic modelling; Desert; Drought; Range shifts; Tolerance limits

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DESERT; DROUGHT; MODELING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOLERANCE; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA; NAMAQUALAND; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34249307441     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.11.020     Document Type: Article

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