Resilience to climate change: Translating principles into practice

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 547-551

  Morecroft, Michael D ^a   Crick, Humphrey Q P ^a   Duffield, Simon J ^a   Macgregor, Nicholas A ^a  

^a NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change adaptation; Conservation; Ecosystems; Resilience; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

EID: 84861692822     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02136.x     Document Type: Article

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