Impacts of climate change on the terrestrial ecosystems of Madeira

International Journal of Design and Nature and Ecodynamics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-422

  Cruz, M J ^a   Aguiar, R ^a   Correia, A ^b   Tavares, T ^b   Pereira, J S ^b   Santos, F D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Global change; Madeira island; Natural resources; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; CLIMATIC SCENARIOS; CONTINENTAL AREA; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST PLANTATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HABITAT DISTRIBUTION; HOT SPOT; MADEIRA ISLAND; NATIVE FORESTS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; RANGE REDUCTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; URBAN AREAS;

BIODIVERSITY; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; WATER; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 77952492720     PISSN: 17557437     EISSN: 17557445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/DNE-V4-N4-413-422     Document Type: Article

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