Europe's freshwater biodiversity under climate change: Distribution shifts and conservation needs

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1097-1107

  Markovic, Danijela ^a   Carrizo, Savrina ^b   Freyhof, Jörg ^a   Cid, Nuria ^c   Lengyel, Szabolcs ^d   Scholz, Mathias ^e   Kasperdius, Hans ^e   Darwall, William ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b Freshwater Biodiversity Unit IUCN Global Species Programme   (United Kingdom)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catchment connectivity; Climate change; Freshwater biodiversity; Gap analysis; Protected areas; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOREGION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; RARE SPECIES; RIVER BASIN;

EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ASTACOIDEA; MOLLUSCA; ODONATA; PISCES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84905898465     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12232     Document Type: Article

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