The future of terrestrial mammals in the Mediterranean basin under climate change

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1578, 2011, Pages 2681-2692

  Maiorano, Luigi ^a   Falcucci, Alessandra ^b   Zimmermann, Niklaus E ^c   Psomas, Achilleas ^c   Pottier, Julien ^a   Baisero, Daniele ^b   Rondinini, Carlo ^b   Guisan, Antoine ^a   Boitani, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ensemble modelling; Extinction risk; Protected areas; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EXTINCTION RISK; MAMMAL; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MAMMALS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 80051655903     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0121     Document Type: Article

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