Estimating climate resilience for conservation across geophysical settings

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 959-970

  Anderson, Mark G ^a   Clark, Melissa ^a   Sheldon, Arlene Olivero ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Connectivity; Conservation planning; Fragmentation; Geology; North America; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84904752405     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12272     Document Type: Article

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