Projected impact of climate change on the effectiveness of the existing protected area network for biodiversity conservation within Yunnan Province, China

Biological Conservation

Volumn 184, Issue , 2015, Pages 335-345

  Zomer, Robert J ^a,b   Xu, Jianchu ^a,b   Wang, Mingcheng ^a   Trabucco, Antonio ^c,d   Li, Zhuoqing ^e  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF)   (China)

^c Euro Mediterranean Center on Climate Change   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^e Yunnan Institute of Environmental Science   (China)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Climate change; Environmental stratification; Himalaya; Protected area network

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; YUNNAN;

EID: 84923345002     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.01.031     Document Type: Article

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