Forecasting future drowning of coastal waterbird habitats reveals a major conservation concern

Biological Conservation

Volumn 171, Issue , 2014, Pages 177-185

  Clausen, Kevin Kuhlmann ^a   Clausen, Preben ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birds; Climate change; Coastal squeeze; Habitat loss; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893797655     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.01.033     Document Type: Article

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