The Fate of Threatened Coastal Dune Habitats in Italy under Climate Change Scenarios

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Prisco, Irene ^a   Carboni, Marta ^a   Acosta, Alicia T R ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL DUNE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PREDICTION; SEA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ZONATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879939208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068850     Document Type: Article

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