Projected climate impacts for the amphibians of the western hemisphere

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-50

  Lawler, Joshua J ^a   Shafer, Sarah L ^a   Blaustein, Andrew R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Bioclimatic models; Climate change; Climate impacts; Dispersal; Range shifts; Rare species; Western hemisphere

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; MICROCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RANGE EXPANSION; RARE SPECIES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANDES; CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 74549179730     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01403.x     Document Type: Article

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