Observed and predicted effects of climate change on species abundance in protected areas

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1055-1061

  Johnston, Alison ^a   Ausden, Malcolm ^b   Dodd, Andrew M ^b   Bradbury, Richard B ^b   Chamberlain, Dan E ^c   Jiguet, Frédéric ^d   Thomas, Chris D ^e   Cook, Aonghais S C P ^a   Newson, Stuart E ^a   Ockendon, Nancy ^a   Rehfisch, Mark M ^a   Roos, Staffan ^b,f,p   Thaxter, Chris B ^a   Brown, Andy ^g   Crick, Humphrey Q P ^g   Douse, Andrew ^h   McCall, Rob A ⁱ   Pontier, Helen ^j   Stroud, David A ^k   Cadiou, Bernard ^l   Crowe, Olivia ^m   Deceuninck, Bernard ⁿ   Hornman, Menno ^o   Pearce Higgins, James W ^a   more..

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^g NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^h SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Great Glen House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^j DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^k JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^l C o Bretagne Vivante SEPNB   (France)

^m C/o Bretagne Vivante SEPNB ^*  (Ireland)

ⁿ La Corderie Royale   (France)

^o SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^p APEM LTD   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; PROTECTED AREA; RESILIENCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURNOVER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84888872759     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2035     Document Type: Article

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