Global warming and biodiversity: Evidence of climate-linked amphibian declines in Italy

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3060-3067

  D'Amen, Manuela ^a   Bombi, Pierluigi ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibian extinction; Autocovariate models; Climate change; Habitat alteration

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GIS; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 70350566240     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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