Will climate change drive alien invasive plants into areas of high protection value? An improved model-based regional assessment to prioritise the management of invasions

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 185-195

  Vicente, J R ^a   Fernandes, R F ^a   Randin, C F ^b   Broennimann, O ^c   Goncalves J ^a   Marcos, B ^a   Pocas I ^a,d   Alves, P ^a   Guisan, A ^c   Honrado, J P ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acacia; Combined predictive models; Connectivity analysis; Conservation value; Woody invasive plants

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ACACIA SPECIES; ACACIUM; COMBINED PREDICTIVE MODEL; CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION VALUES; INVASIVE PLANTS; PLANT SPECIES; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELING; WOODY INVASIVE PLANT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVERGREEN TREE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ACACIA; ACACIA DEALBATA; ACACIA MELANOXYLON; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; LAND USE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PREDICTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES INVASION;

PORTUGAL;

ACACIA; ACACIA DEALBATA; ACACIA MELANOXYLON;

ACACIA; COMBINED PREDICTIVE MODELS; CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION VALUE; WOODY INVASIVE PLANTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS;

EID: 84886238574     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.09.032     Document Type: Article

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