Climate Change, Northern Birds of Conservation Concern and Matching the Hotspots of Habitat Suitability with the Reserve Network

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Virkkala, Raimo ^a   Heikkinen, Risto K ^a   Fronzek, Stefan ^a   Leikola, Niko ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HABITAT QUALITY; NONHUMAN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; TREES; WETLANDS;

EID: 84877879472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063376     Document Type: Article

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