A vulnerability assessment of 300 species in Florida: Threats from sea level rise, land use, and climate change

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Reece, Joshua Steven ^a   Noss, Reed F ^b   Oetting, Jon ^c   Hoctor, Tom ^d   Volk, Michael ^d  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CACTACEAE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLARGUS THOMASI; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EPHYRIADES BRUNNEA; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PILOSOCEREUS ROBINII; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UNITED STATES; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FLORIDA; HUMANS; PLANTS; QUALITY CONTROL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84896691246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080658     Document Type: Article

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