Predicted impacts of climate change on New Zealand's biodiversity

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-191

  Lundquist, Carolyn J ^a   Ramsay, Doug ^a   Bell, Rob ^a   Swales, Andrew ^a   Kerr, Suzi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b MOTU ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coastal adaptation; Emissions Trading Scheme; Mangrove; Review

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXTREME EVENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HOME RANGE; ICE SHEET; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MANGROVE; MORTALITY; PH; POPULATION DECLINE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; STORM SURGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 83155177926     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC110179     Document Type: Article

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