Climate-change-driven deterioration of the condition of floodplain forest and the future for the avifauna

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 191-202

  Mac Nally, Ralph ^a   Lada, Hania ^a   Cunningham, Shaun C ^a   Thomson, James R ^a   Fleishman, Erica ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Extensive biodiversity assessment; Floodplain forests; Forest die back; Rapid biodiversity assessment; Stand condition

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DIEBACK; DROUGHT; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; HINDCASTING; POPULATION DECLINE; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN;

AVES;

EID: 84891493608     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12091     Document Type: Article

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