No room in the ark? Climate change and biodiversity in the Pacific Islands of Oceania

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 192-200

  Duffy, David Cameron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Community management; Coral reefs; Islands; Mangroves; Ocean acidification; Parks; Sea level rise; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LAND TENURE; MANGROVE; MONTANE FOREST; NATURE CONSERVATION; OCEANIA ECOZONE; PARK MANAGEMENT; PRIORITIZATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WETLAND; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 83155184872     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC110192     Document Type: Article

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