Extinction and climate change

Nature

Volumn 482, Issue 7386, 2012, Pages

  Thomas, Chris D ^a   Williamson, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT TYPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST; HABITAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84857390006     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10858     Document Type: Short Survey

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