Will future climate change threaten a range restricted endemic species, the quokka (Setonix brachyurus), in south west Australia?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2453-2461

  Gibson, L ^a   McNeill, Asha ^b   Tores, Paul de ^a   Wayne, Adrian ^c   Yates, Colin ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

^b Bentley Delivery Centre   (Australia)

^c Science Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Endemic; Marsupial; Maxent; Range restricted; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FUTURE PROSPECT; HOME RANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARSUPIAL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALIA;

METATHERIA; SETONIX BRACHYURUS;

EID: 77956882255     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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