Conservation in the face of climate change: The roles of alternative models, monitoring, and adaptation in confronting and reducing uncertainty

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1204-1213

  Conroy, Michael J ^a   Runge, Michael C ^b,c   Nichols, James D ^b   Stodola, Kirk W ^a   Cooper, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Birds; Climate change; Monitoring; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

APPALACHIANS;

AVES;

EID: 79951881349     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.10.019     Document Type: Article

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