Identifying priority areas for reducing species vulnerability to climate change

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-72

  Crossman, Neville D ^a   Bryan, Brett A ^a   Summers, David M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Conservation planning; Ecological restoration; Ensemble forecast; Resilience; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NATIVE SPECIES; PRIORITIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; MOUNT LOFTY RANGES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 83055184364     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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