Assessing extinction risks under the combined effects of climate change and human disturbance through the analysis of life-history plasticity

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 393-401

  Ureta, Carolina ^a   Martorell, Carlos ^a   Hortal, Joaquín ^b   Fornoni, Juan ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ensemble forecast; Global warming; Integral Projection Models; Management planning; Population dynamics; Population viability

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CACTUS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXTINCTION RISK; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVORSHIP;

CACTACEAE;

EID: 84869861944     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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