Protected areas in climate space: What will the future bring?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2119-2125

  Wiens, John A ^a,b   Seavy, Nathaniel E ^a   Jongsomjit, Dennis ^a  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

California; Climate change; Climate space; Conservation; Novel climates; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTECTED AREA; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958083849     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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