Fire management, managed relocation, and land conservation options for long-lived obligate seeding plants under global changes in climate, urbanization, and fire regime

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1057-1067

  Bonebrake, Timothy C ^a,b   Syphard, Alexandra D ^c   Franklin, Janet ^d   Anderson, Kurt E ^b   Akçakaya, H Resit ^e   Mizerek, Toni ^b   Winchell, Clark ^f   Regan, Helen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Conservation Biology Institute ^*  (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Conservation Partnerships Programs United States Fish and Wildlife Service ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fire; Habitat conservation plan; Managed relocation; Mediterranean climate ecosystem; Obligate seeders

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; SEEDLING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; URBANIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDLING; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84904738838     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12253     Document Type: Article

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