Conservation policies and planning under climate change

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2968-2977

  Strange, Niels ^a   Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark ^a   Bladt, Jesper ^b   Wilson, Kerrie A ^c   Rahbek, Carsten ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Centre for Macroecology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dynamic; Policy; Reserve selection; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; HABITAT TYPE; MIGRATION; NATIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITIZATION; RESOURCE USE; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 83555176007     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.08.022     Document Type: Article

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