Climate change, connectivity and conservation decision making: Back to basics

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 964-969

  Hodgson, Jenny A ^a   Thomas, Chris D ^b   Wintle, Brendan A ^c   Moilanen, Atte ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biodiversity; Conservation prioritization; Habitat quality; Landscape planning; Spatial ecology; Species area relationship; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PRIORITIZATION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349658712     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01695.x     Document Type: Article

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