Conservation Planning with Uncertain Climate Change Projections

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Kujala, Heini ^a   Moilanen, Atte ^a   Araújo, Miguel B ^b,c,d   Cabeza, Mar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISPERSAL; REPTILE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; PROCEDURES; UNCERTAINTY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84873544399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053315     Document Type: Article

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