Future habitat loss and the conservation of plant biodiversity

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1594-1602

  Giam, Xingli ^a   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^b,c   Tan, Hugh T W ^a   Sodhi, Navjot S ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation; Governance; Habitat loss; Land use change; Plant biodiversity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; EXTINCTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HABITAT LOSS; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MITIGATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANGOLA; CUBA; KENYA; MADAGASCAR; NEPAL;

EID: 77954814572     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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