Stacked species distribution models and macroecological models provide congruent projections of avian species richness under climate change

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 976-988

  Distler, Trisha ^a   Schuetz, Justin G ^a   Velásquez Tibatá, Jorge ^a   Langham, Gary M ^b  

^a NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Birds; Climate change; Conservation; Macroecology; North America; Seasonality; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MACROECOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 84926518687     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12479     Document Type: Article

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