Effects of sea-level rise and anthropogenic development on priority bird species habitats in coastal Georgia, USA

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 473-482

  Brittain, Ross A ^a   Craft, Christopher B ^b  

^a Indiana University ^*  (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Coast; Conservation planning; GIS model; Land use change; Sea level rise; Urban development

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; SEA LEVEL; WETLANDS;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; GIS MODELING; LAND-USE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL RISE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

URBAN GROWTH;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; COASTAL PLAIN; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GIS; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT USE; LAND USE CHANGE; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OAK; PASSERINA CIRIS; PINE; PREDICTION; SALT MARSH; SCRUB; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEASHORE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES HABITAT; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

BIRDS; CITIES; CLIMATES; COASTS; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; GEORGIA; GIS; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANNING;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; EMPIDONAX VIRESCENS; PARULA AMERICANA; PASSERINA CIRIS;

EID: 84856975095     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9761-x     Document Type: Article

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