Identifying refugia from climate change

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1407-1413

  Ashcroft, Michael B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic envelope models; Climatic stability; Conservation biogeography; Cryptic refugia; Ecological niche models; Extinction risk; Interglacial refugia; Macrorefugia; Microclimate; Microrefugia

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION RISK; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERGLACIAL; MICROCLIMATE; REFUGIUM; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EID: 77954718343     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02300.x     Document Type: Article

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