A high-resolution bioclimate map of the world: A unifying framework for global biodiversity research and monitoring

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 630-638

  Metzger, Marc J ^a   Bunce, Robert G H ^b   Jongman, Rob H G ^c   Sayre, Roger ^d   Trabucco, Antonio ^e,f   Zomer, Robert ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Euro Mediterranean Center on Climate Change   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioclimate indicators; Biodiversity monitoring; Climate; Environmental stratification; Global climate classification

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84876299896     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12022     Document Type: Article

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