Climate change and conservation of leading-edge peripheral populations

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1369-1373

  Gibson, Sachiko Y ^a   Van Der Marel, Ryan C ^a   Starzomski, Brian M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; PERIPHERAL REGION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 70450239701     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01375.x     Document Type: Article

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