Vulnerability of baobab species to climate change and effectiveness of the protected area network in Madagascar: Towards new conservation priorities

Biological Conservation

Volumn 166, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-22

  Vieilledent, Ghislain ^a   Cornu, Cyrille ^a,b   Cuní Sanchez, Aida ^c   Leong Pock Tsy, Jean Michel ^a   Danthu, Pascal ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UMR TETIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adansonia; Connectivity; Ensemble forecasting; GoogleEarth images; MaxEnt; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMISM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NICHE; PROTECTED AREA; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VULNERABILITY;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 84880098297     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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