Shifting protected areas: Scheduling spatial priorities under climate change

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 703-713

  Alagador, Diogo ^a   Cerdeira, Jorge Orestes ^b,c   Araújo, Miguel Bastos ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Decision theory; Degazetting; Dispersal; Efficiency; Network flows; Optimization; Protected areas; Species persistence; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; LAND USE CHANGE; PRIORITIZATION; PROTECTED AREA; RISK FACTOR;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84900534590     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12230     Document Type: Article

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