Is U.S. climatic diversity well represented within the existing federal protection network?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1898-1907

  Batllori, Enric ^a   Miller, Carol ^b   Parisien, Marc André ^c   Parks, Sean A ^b   Moritz, Max A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute   (United States)

^c NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate classification; Climate rarity; Conservation; Gap analysis; Principal components analysis; Protection network

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FEDERAL SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAND MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA;

UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GOVERNMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903285890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0227.1     Document Type: Article

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