A framework for assessing threats and benefits to species responding to climate change

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-142

  Thomas, Chris D ^a   Hill, Jane K ^a   Anderson, Barbara J ^a   Bailey, Sallie ^b   Beale, Colin M ^a   Bradbury, Richard B ^c   Bulman, Caroline R ^d   Crick, Humphrey Q P ^e   Eigenbrod, Felix ^f,k   Griffiths, Hannah M ^a   Kunin, William E ^g   Oliver, Tom H ^h   Walmsley, Clive A ⁱ   Watts, Kevin ^j   Worsfold, Nicholas T ^a   Yardley, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b FORESTRY COMMISSION   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^e NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Countryside Council for Wales ^*  (United Kingdom)

^j FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate envelope; Distribution; Global warming; IUCN; Policy; Risk assessment; Species conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954764036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00065.x     Document Type: Article

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