Choosing and Using Climate-Change Scenarios for Ecological-Impact Assessments and Conservation Decisions

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1147-1157

  Snover, Amy K ^a   Mantua, Nathan J ^a,b   Littell, Jeremy S ^a,c   Alexander, Michael A ^d   Mcclure, Michelle M ^e   Nye, Janet ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agua dulce; Cambio clim tico; Climate change; Especies amenazadas; Estudios de riesgo; Freshwater; Marine; Marino; Risk assessment; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FRESH WATER;

AGUA DULCE; ARTICLE; CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESPECIES AMENAZADAS; ESTUDIOS DE RIESGO; MARINE; MARINO; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGUA DULCE; CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESPECIES AMENAZADAS; ESTUDIOS DE RIESGO; FRESHWATER; MARINE; MARINO; RISK ASSESSMENT; THREATENED SPECIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ENDANGERED SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84896977867     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12163     Document Type: Article

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