Optimal timing for managed relocation of species faced with climate change

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 261-265

  McDonald Madden, Eve ^a,b   Runge, Michael C ^c,d   Possingham, Hugh P ^b   Martin, Tara G ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; HABITAT LOSS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELOCATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 83155165968     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1170     Document Type: Article

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