Impact of sea level rise on the 10 insular biodiversity hotspots

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 203-212

  Bellard, Céline ^a   Leclerc, Camille ^a   Courchamp, Franck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspots; Climate change; Endemic species; Endemic area relationship; Islands; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ISLAND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; JAPAN; MADAGASCAR; MICRONESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; NEW ZEALAND; PHILIPPINES; POLYNESIA; WALLACEA;

EID: 84891454726     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12093     Document Type: Article

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