Forecasted coral reef decline in marine biodiversity hotspots under climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2479-2487

  Descombes, Patrice ^a   Wisz, Mary S ^b   Leprieur, Fabien ^c   Parravicini, Valerianio ^d,e   Heine, Christian ^f,g   Olsen, Steffen M ^h   Swingedouw, Didier ⁱ   Kulbicki, Michel ^j   Mouillot, David ^c,k   Pellissier, Loïc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b DHI   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^e Domain du Petit Arbois   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^h DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^j LABORATOIRE ARAGO   (France)

^k JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Fish; Fossil; Sea surface temperature; Specialists; Species distribution model; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISH; FOSSIL; GLOBAL WARMING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECIALIST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MALAY ARCHIPELAGO;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84931009261     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12868     Document Type: Article

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