Beyond climate change attribution in conservation and ecological research

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 58-71

  Parmesan, Camille ^a,b   Burrows, Michael T ^c   Duarte, Carlos M ^d,e,f   Poloczanska, Elvira S ^g   Richardson, Anthony J ^g,h   Schoeman, David S ^i,j   Singer, Michael C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g CSIRO   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^j NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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Author keywords

Anthropogenic climate change; Biodiversity; Biological projections; Climate change; Climate change attribution; Conservation planning; Ecological modelling; Global warming; IPCC

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; POLICY MAKING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84877885097     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12098     Document Type: Article

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