A scenario for impacts of water availability loss due to climate change on riverine fish extinction rates

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1105-1115

  Tedesco, Pablo A ^a   Oberdorff, Thierry ^a   Cornu, Jean François ^a   Beauchard, Olivier ^b   Brosse, Sébastien ^c,d   Dürr, Hans H ^e,f   Grenouillet, Gaël ^c,d   Leprieur, Fabien ^g   Tisseuil, Clément ^a   Zaiss, Rainer ^h   Hugueny, Bernard ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^h INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Aridity index; Current anthropogenic threats; Diversity loss; Drainage area; Freshwater fish diversity; Habitat availability; Time to extinction

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARIDITY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE BASIN; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXTINCTION; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT LOSS; RIVER DISCHARGE; TAXONOMY; TIMESCALE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NORTH AMERICA;

PISCES;

EID: 84890857415     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12125     Document Type: Article

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