Questions of importance to the conservation of biological diversity: Answers from the past

Climate of the Past

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 759-769

  Willis, K J ^a,b,c   Bhagwat, S A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RESEARCH WORK; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EID: 78649349987     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-6-759-2010     Document Type: Article

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