Running dry: Freshwater biodiversity, protected areas and climate change

Biodiversity

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 30-38

  Pittock, Jamie ^a   Hansen, Lara J ^b   Abell, Robin ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WWF INTERNATIONAL   (Switzerland)

^c WWF United States ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biodiversity; Climate change; Connectivity; Conservation planning; Environmental flows; Freshwater; Mitigation; Protected areas; Resilience; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849114167     PISSN: 14888386     EISSN: 21600651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14888386.2008.9712905     Document Type: Article

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