Climate change and spotted owls: Potentially contrasting responses in the Southwestern United States

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 865-880

  Peery, Marcus Zachariah ^a   Gutiérrez, Ralph J ^b   Kirby, Rebecca ^a   Ledee, Olivia E ^a   Lahaye, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extinction; IPCC emissions scenario; Matrix model; Sensitivity analysis; Southwestern United States; Spotted owls; Strix occidentalis

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EXTINCTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 84857141021     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02564.x     Document Type: Article

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