Consequences of correlations between habitat modifications and negative impact of climate change for regional species survival

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-58

  Jeltsch, Florian ^a   Moloney, Kirk A ^b   Schwager, Monika ^b,c   Körner, Katrin ^a   Blaum, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic landscapes; Functional types; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat management; Spatially explicit modelling; Species conservation

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PATCHINESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TURNOVER;

EID: 84871060629     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.12.019     Document Type: Article

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