Modelling the potential range of the koala at the Last Glacial Maximum: Future conservation implications

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 983-990

  Adams Hosking, Christine ^a   Moss, Patrick T ^a   Rhodes, Jonathan R ^a   Grantham, Hedley S ^a   McAlpine, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate envelope; Climatic refugia; Core range; Koala; Last glacial maximum; Phascolarctos cinereus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOSSIL RECORD; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARSUPIAL; RANGE SIZE; REFUGIUM; SPECIALIST; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

METATHERIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 84857806095     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2011.052     Document Type: Article

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