Reconciling biodiversity and carbon conservation

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 39-47

  Thomas, Chris D ^a   Anderson, Barbara J ^a,i   Moilanen, Atte ^b   Eigenbrod, Felix ^c   Heinemeyer, Andreas ^a   Quaife, Tristan ^d   Roy, David B ^e   Gillings, Simon ^f   Armsworth, Paul R ^g   Gaston, Kevin J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biodiversity; Carbon; Climate change; Conservation; Extinction; Global; Protected areas; REDD; Spatial planning

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EXTINCTION RISK; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND SURFACE; MITIGATION; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL PLANNING;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; SOIL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84877906548     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12054     Document Type: Article

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