Improving the use of species distribution models in conservation planning and management under climate change

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Porfirio, Luciana L ^a   Harris, Rebecca M B ^b   Lefroy, Edward C ^c   Hugh, Sonia ^a   Gould, Susan F ^d   Lee, Greg ^b   Bindoff, Nathaniel L ^b,e,f   Mackey, Brendan ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Australia Research Council Centre of Excellence in Climate System Science   (Australia)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PINE; PREDICTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CUPRESSACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRENDS; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CUPRESSACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORECASTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84912527060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113749     Document Type: Article

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