Impacts of climate change on the amphibians and reptiles of Southeast Asia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1043-1062

  Bickford, David ^a   Howard, Sam D ^a   Ng, Daniel J J ^a   Sheridan, Jennifer A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Climate change; Conservation; Extinction; Policy; Reptiles; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; EXTINCTION RISK; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; REPTILE; SEX DETERMINATION;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 77952097094     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9782-4     Document Type: Article

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