From non-static vignettes to unprecedented change: The U.S. National Park System, climate impacts and animal dispersal

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-35

  Shafer, Craig L ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corridors; Land use planning; National park, Climate change; U.S. National Park Service

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MOISTURE; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIGNETTE;

EID: 84899872888     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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