Climate change refugia for biodiversity in the Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-74

  Olson, David ^a   Dellasala, Dominick A ^b   Noss, Reed F ^c   Strittholt, James R ^d   Kass, Jamie ^f   Koopman, Marni E ^b   Allnutt, Thomas F ^e  

^a Conservation Earth Consulting ^*  (United States)

^b GEOS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Conservation Biology Institute ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecoregion; Klamath Siskiyou; Microrefugia; Refugia

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOREGION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ELEVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGUS; LAND USE CHANGE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PRIORITIZATION; REFUGE; RISK FACTOR; SUCCESSION; VULNERABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; KLAMATH-SISKIYOU; UNITED STATES;

FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84857491974     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/043.032.0108     Document Type: Conference Paper

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