Climate change and tropical biodiversity: A new focus

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 145-150

  Brodie, Jedediah ^a   Post, Eric ^b   Laurance, William F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; BIOFUEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFOREST; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TROPICAL REGION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; REVIEW; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84857190088     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.09.008     Document Type: Review

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