Will climate change reduce the efficacy of protected areas for amphibian conservation in Italy?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 989-997

  D'Amen, Manuela ^a   Bombi, Pierluigi ^b   Pearman, Peter B ^c   Schmatz, Dirk R ^c   Zimmermann, Niklaus E ^c   Bologna, Marco A ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SPACE Environment ^*  (Italy)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation priorities; Gap analysis; Global warming; Irreplaceability

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON EMISSION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ITALY;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 79951813479     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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