Improving Conservation Outcomes with a New Paradigm for Understanding Species' Fundamental and Realized Adaptive Capacity

Conservation Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 131-137

  Beever, Erik A ^a,b   O'Leary, John ^c   Mengelt, Claudia ^d   West, Jordan M ^e   Julius, Susan ^e   Green, Nancy ^f   Magness, Dawn ^g   Petes, Laura ^h   Stein, Bruce ⁱ   Nicotra, Adrienne B ^j   Hellmann, Jessica J ^k   Robertson, Amanda L ^f,l   Staudinger, Michelle D ^m,n   Rosenberg, Andrew A ^o   Babij, Eleanora ^f   Brennan, Jean ^p   Schuurman, Gregor W ^q,r   Hofmann, Gretchen E ^s  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife   (United States)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^g Kenai National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ National Wildlife Federation   (United States)

^j AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^m Northeast Climate Science Center   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^o UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS   (United States)

^p Rt 1 Box 166   (United States)

^q NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^r WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Climate change; Conservation management; Fundamental adaptive capacity; Policy relevant research questions; Realized adaptive capacity; Vulnerability assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938631426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12190     Document Type: Note

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