Protected areas alleviate climate change effects on northern bird species of conservation concern

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 2991-3003

  Virkkala, Raimo ^a   Pöyry, Juha ^a   Heikkinen, Risto K ^a   Lehikoinen, Aleksi ^b   Valkama, Jari ^b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bird species richness; Climate change; Habitat; Protected areas; Resilience; Species of conservation concern

Indexed keywords

AVES; PHYLLODOCE (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 84927668472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1162     Document Type: Article

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