Spatial planning of a climate adaptation zone for wetland ecosystems

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1465-1477

  Vos, Claire C ^a   van der Hoek, Dirk C J ^b   Vonk, Marijke ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategy; Adaptive capacity; Biodiversity; Climate change; Ecological network; Spatial planning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CARRYING CAPACITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL PLANNING; WETLAND;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 78049258721     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9535-5     Document Type: Article

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