Projecting climate change impacts on species distributions in megadiverse South African Cape and Southwest Australian Floristic Regions: Opportunities and challenges

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 374-391

  Yates, Colin J ^a   Elith, Jane ^b   Latimer, Andrew M ^c   Le Maitre, David ^d   Midgley, Guy F ^e   Schurr, FRANK M ^f   West, Adam G ^g  

^a Bentley Delivery Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^e South Africa National Biodiversity Institute   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspot; Climate change risk assessment; Mediterranean type ecosystem; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AUSTRALIAN KINGDOM; BIODIVERSITY; CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77954198267     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02044.x     Document Type: Review

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