Assisted colonization as a climate change adaptation tool

Austral Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-20

  Gallagher, Rachael V ^a   Makinson, Robert O ^b   Hogbin, Patricia M ^c   Hancock, Nola ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND DOMAIN TRUST   (Australia)

^c Australian Network for Plant Conservation Inc   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Climate change; Managed relocation; Species trait; Translocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920931499     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12163     Document Type: Review

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