Unveiling the conservation biogeography of a data-deficient endangered bird species under climate change

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hu, Junhua ^a   Liu, Yang ^b  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GORSACHIUS MAGNIFICUS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; SPECIES HABITAT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIET NAM;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES;

EID: 84896774823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084529     Document Type: Article

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