Assisted colonization: Integrating conservation strategies in the face of climate change

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-100

  Loss, Scott R ^a   Terwilliger, Lauren A ^a   Peterson, Anna C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted colonization; Assisted migration; Climate change; Conservation genetics; Landscape connectivity; Managed relocation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LANDSCAPE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MITIGATION; WARMING;

EID: 78751569904     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.11.016     Document Type: Review

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