Translocation of imperiled species under changing climates

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1286, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-28

  Schwartz, Mark W ^a   Martin, Tara G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Managed relocation; Risk; Structured decision making; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT PATCHINESS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES TRANSLOCATION;

EID: 84878168602     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12050     Document Type: Article

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