Patterns and perceptions of climate change in a biodiversity conservation hotspot

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hartter, Joel ^a   Stampone, Mary D ^a   Ryan, Sadie J ^b,c   Kirner, Karen ^d   Chapman, Colin A ^e,f   Goldman, Abraham ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^d University of Florida   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DRY SEASON; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; UGANDA;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; RAIN; SEASONS; UGANDA;

EID: 84857602027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032408     Document Type: Article

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