Integrated adaptive design for wildlife movement under climate change

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 493-502

  Lister, Nina Marie ^a   Brocki, Marta ^a   Ament, Robert ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INNOVATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ROAD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84946924347     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/150080     Document Type: Review

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