Evaluating drivers of vulnerability to climate change: A guide for insect conservation strategies

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2135-2146

  Arribas, Paula ^a   Abellán, Pedro ^b   Velasco, Josefa ^a   Bilton, David T ^c   Millán, Andrés ^a   Sánchez Fernández, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Conservation biology; Dispersal capacity; Geographical range shifts; Global warming; Iberian Peninsula; Risk determinants; Species persistence; Species sensitivity; Water beetles

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84861878549     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02691.x     Document Type: Article

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