Niche syndromes, species extinction risks, and management under climate change

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 517-523

  Sax, Dov F ^a   Early, Regan ^b,c   Bellemare, Jesse ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTINCTION RISK; NICHE; PLANT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISPERSAL; REVIEW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISPERSAL; PLANTS;

EID: 84882733658     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.05.010     Document Type: Review

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