Comparing habitat configuration strategies for retaining biodiversity under climate change

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 519-527

  Mokany, Karel ^a   Harwood, Thomas D ^a   Ferrier, Simon ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal; Habitat corridors; Macroecology; Metacommunity; Plant; Reserve system design; Systematic conservation planning; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CREATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERSISTENCE; REGIONAL PATTERN; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 84875658242     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12038     Document Type: Article

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