Predicting extinction risks under climate change: Coupling stochastic population models with dynamic bioclimatic habitat models

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 560-563

  Keith, David A ^a   Akçakaya, H Resit ^b   Thuiller, Wilfried ^c   Midgley, Guy F ^d   Pearson, Richard G ^e   Phillips, Steven J ^f   Regan, Helen M ^g   Araújo, Miguel B ^h   Rebelo, Tony G ^d  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^f AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic envelope; Fire; Fynbos; Niche model; Population viability analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTIC FACTOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; EXTINCTION RISK; FYNBOS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NICHE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; HABITAT; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 51549090248     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0049     Document Type: Article

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