Vulnerability of biodiversity hotspots to global change

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1376-1386

  Bellard, Céline ^a   Leclerc, Camille ^a   Leroy, Boris ^a,b,c   Bakkenes, Michel ^d   Veloz, Samuel ^e   Thuiller, Wilfried ^f   Courchamp, Franck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspots; Biological invasions; Climate change; Conservation; Land use change; Spatial prioritization

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; VULNERABILITY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; MICRONESIA; POLYNESIA;

EID: 84928532885     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12228     Document Type: Article

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