Targeting climate diversity in conservation planning to build resilience to climate change

Ecosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Heller, Nicole E ^a,b   Kreitler, Jason ^c   Ackerly, David D ^d   Weiss, Stuart B ^e   Recinos, Amanda ^f   Branciforte, Ryan ^g   Flint, Lorraine E ^c   Flint, Alan L ^c   Micheli, Elisabeth ^a  

^a Dwight Center for Conservation Science at Pepperwood Preserve   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Geological Survey   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Creekside Center for Earth Observation   (United States)

^f GreenInfo Network   (United States)

^g Bay Area Open Space Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic diversity; Biodiversity; Climate adaptation; Climate change; Impact; MARXAN; Protected areas; Resilience; San francisco bay area; Systematic conservation planning; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928712042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00313.1     Document Type: Article

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