Exploring consensus in 21st century projections of climatically suitable areas for African vertebrates

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1253-1269

  Garcia, Raquel A ^a,b,c   Burgess, Neil D ^b,d   Cabeza, Mar ^e   Rahbek, Carsten ^b   Araújo, Miguel B ^b,c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d WWF US Conservation Science Program ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Africa; Bioclimatic envelope model; Climate change; Consensus; Ensemble forecasting; Nonanalogue climate; Uncertainty; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858446826     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02605.x     Document Type: Article

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