Sinking ships: Conservation options for endemic taxa threatened by sea level rise

Climatic Change

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-167

  Maschinski, Joyce ^a   Ross, Michael S ^b   Liu, Hong ^a,b   O'Brien, Joe ^c   von Wettberg, Eric J ^a,b   Haskins, Kristin E ^d  

^a FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d Research Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURSES OF ACTIONS; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISKS; FLORIDA KEYS; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; LAND MANAGERS; MODEL SYSTEM; MULTIPLE STRATEGY; PLANT SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; SEA LEVEL RISE; STORM INTENSITY; TIME-PERIODS; VEGETATION COMMUNITY;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; RISK PERCEPTION; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT CONSERVATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79958801063     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0083-z     Document Type: Review

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