Effects of climate change on global biodiversity: A review of key literature

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-39

  Kannan, Ragupathy ^a   James, Douglas A ^b  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian extinctions; Coral reefs; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Marine ecosystems; Terrestrial ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORAL REEF; EXTINCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POWER PLANT;

CENTRAL AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANTHOZOA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 61849121817     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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