Approaches to evaluating climate change impacts on species: A guide to initiating the adaptation planning process

Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 322-337

  Rowland, Erika L ^a,c   Davison, Jennifer E ^a,b   Graumlich, Lisa J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation planning; Climate change; Management; Species; Vulnerability assessments

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION PLANNING; ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; DATA SETS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; PLANNING PROCESS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPECIES; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS; SPECIES IMPACTS; TIME FRAME; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

CLIMATE MODELS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PLANNING PROCESS; VULNERABILITY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MODEL; PALEOECOLOGY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; UNCERTAINTY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANNING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 79954431264     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9608-x     Document Type: Article

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