A global assessment of current and future biodiversity vulnerability to habitat loss-climate change interactions

Global Ecology and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-21

  Segan, Daniel B ^a,b   Murray, Kris A ^c   Watson, James E M ^a,b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Climate change; Conservation; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Interaction; Synergy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949845788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23519894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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