Change in agricultural land use constrains adaptation of national wildlife refuges to climate change

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-19

  Hamilton, Christopher M ^a   Thogmartin, Wayne E ^b   Radeloff, Volker C ^a   Plantinga, Andrew J ^c   Heglund, Patricia J ^b   Martinuzzi, Sebastian ^a   Pidgeon, Anna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; conservation estate; econometric modelling; land use change

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISTURBANCE REGIME; ECOLOGICAL PROCESS; ECONOMETRIC MODELLING; INTENSITY OF LAND USE CHANGE; LAND-USE CHANGE; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATES; CONSERVATION; LAND USE;

EID: 84922337908     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892914000174     Document Type: Article

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