Conservation strategies in response to rapid climate change: Australia as a case study

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1587-1593

  Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Steffen, Will ^b   Burbidge, Andrew A ^c   Hughes, Lesley ^d   Kitching, Roger L ^e   Musgrave, Warren ^f   Stafford Smith, Mark ^g   Werner, Patricia A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biodiversity conservation; Climate change; Climate responses; Existing biodiversity stressors

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LAND MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; MONITORING; NATIVE SPECIES; REGIONAL PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77954815736     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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