Climate change and conservation implications for wet meadows in dry Patagonia

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 122-131

  Crego, Ramiro D ^a   Nielsen, Clayton K ^a   Didier, Karl A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; conservation; meadow distribution; Patagonia; species distribution models

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE MODELS; CONSERVATION; NETWORK SECURITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

CONSERVATION AREAS; CONSERVATION IMPLICATIONS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; MEADOW DISTRIBUTION; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; PATAGONIA; PRECIPITATION REGIMES; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84894253869     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S037689291300026X     Document Type: Article

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