Climate-change impacts on sagebrush habitat and West Nile virus transmission risk and conservation implications for greater sage-grouse

GeoJournal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 561-575

  Schrag, Anne ^a   Konrad, Sarah ^b   Miller, Scott ^b   Walker, Brett ^c   Forrest, Steve ^d  

^a WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Greater sage grouse; Northern Great Plains; Northern Rockies; Species distribution modeling; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; GREATER SAGE-GROUSE; NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS; NORTHERN ROCKIES; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

CLIMATE MODELS; ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK PERCEPTION; VIRUSES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUTURE PROSPECT; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VIRUS;

NORTH AMERICA;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80052383267     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-010-9369-3     Document Type: Article

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