Identification of geophysically diverse locations that may facilitate species’ persistence and adaptation to climate change in the southwestern United States

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1023-1037

  Albano, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Climate change; Gap analysis; Geophysical diversity; Land facets

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; PERSISTENCE; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UINTA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WASATCH COUNTY;

EID: 84930272296     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0167-7     Document Type: Article

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