Managing for Interactions between Local and Global Stressors of Ecosystems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Brown, Christopher J ^a   Saunders, Megan I ^a   Possingham, Hugh P ^a   Richardson, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALISMATIDAE; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84878897920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065765     Document Type: Article

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