The effectiveness of protected areas in the conservation of species with changing geographical ranges

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 707-717

  Gillingham, Phillipa K ^a,b   Bradbury, Richard B ^c   Roy, David B ^d   Anderson, Barbara J ^b,e   Baxter, John M ^f   Bourn, Nigel A D ^g   Crick, Humphrey Q P ^h   Findon, Richard A ⁱ   Fox, Richard ^g   Franco, Aldina ^j   Hill, Jane K ^b   Hodgson, Jenny A ^k   Holt, Alison R ^l   Morecroft, Mike D ^h   O'Hanlon, Nina J ^b,m   Oliver, Tom H ^d   Pearce Higgins, James W ⁿ   Procter, Deborah A ^o   Thomas, Jeremy A ^p   Walker, Kevin J ^q   Walmsley, Clive A ^r   Wilson, Robert J ^s   Thomas, Chris D ^b   more..

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^g BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION   (United Kingdom)

^h NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^o JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^q BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF THE BRITISH ISLES   (United Kingdom)

^r Maes y Ffynnon ^*  (United Kingdom)

^s UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

SSSI; Adaptation; Birds; Butterflies; Climate change; Colonization; Conservation; Extinction; Reserves; Site of special scientific interest

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; EXTINCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PROTECTED AREA; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84931066184     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12506     Document Type: Article

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