Assessing global biome exposure to climate change through the Holocene-Anthropocene transition

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-244

  Benito Garzón, Marta ^a,b   Leadley, Paul W ^c   Fernández Manjarrés, Juan F ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Biodiversity; Biome refugia; Climate change; Global circulation models; Mid Holocene; No analogue; Resilience

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; REFUGIUM; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84891487364     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12097     Document Type: Article

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