Ecological mechanisms underpinning climate adaptation services

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-31

  Lavorel, Sandra ^a   Colloff, Matthew J ^b   Mcintyre, Sue ^b   Doherty, Michael D ^b   Murphy, Helen T ^b   Metcalfe, Daniel J ^b   Dunlop, Michael ^b   Williams, Richard J ^b   Wise, Russell M ^b   Williams, Kristen J ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Ecosystem service; Fire; Functional diversity; Functional traits; Landscape configuration; Littoral rainforest; Livestock grazing; Murray Darling Basin; Resilience

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING;

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORECASTING;

EID: 84917688815     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12689     Document Type: Article

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