Climate change might drive the invasive tree Robinia pseudacacia into nature reserves and endangered habitats

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 382-390

  Kleinbauer, I ^a,b   Dullinger, S ^a,b   Peterseil, J ^c   Essl, F ^c,d  

^a Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^d LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Austria; Climate change; Endangered habitats; Invasion risk; Natura 2000; Reserve networks; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURE RESERVE;

AUSTRIA;

ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 73649110556     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.10.024     Document Type: Article

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