Adapted conservation measures are required to save the Iberian lynx in a changing climate

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 899-903

  Fordham, D A ^a   Akcakaya H R ^b   Brook, B W ^a   Rodriguez A ^c   Alves, P C ^d,e   Civantos, E ^d,f   Trivino M ^f,g   Watts, M J ^a,h   Araujo M B ^f,i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^h AIS St Helens   (New Zealand)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; EXTINCTION RISK; FELID; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 84886367844     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1954     Document Type: Article

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