A 2.5-million-year perspective on coarse-filter strategies for conserving nature's stage

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 640-648

  Gill, Jacquelyn L ^a   Blois, Jessica L ^b   Benito, Blas ^c   Dobrowski, Solomon ^d   Hunter, Malcolm L ^a   Mcguire, Jenny L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Conserving nature's stage; Geodiversity; Geomorphology; Land facets; Paleoecology; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FILTER; PALEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84929280829     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12504     Document Type: Article

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