The projected effects of climatic and vegetation changes on the distribution and diversity of Southeast Asian bats

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1854-1865

  Hughes, Alice C ^a,b   Satasook, Chutamas ^b   Bates, Paul J J ^c   Bumrungsri, Sara ^b   Jones, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Centre for Systematics and Biodiversity Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental; Impact; Projections; Range size; Scenario; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION RISK; RANGE SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VIABILITY;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84860657527     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02641.x     Document Type: Article

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