Conservation Organizations Need to Consider Adaptive Capacity: Why Local Input Matters

Conservation Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 351-360

  Mcleod, Elizabeth ^a   Szuster, Brian ^b   Hinkel, Jochen ^c   Tompkins, Emma L ^d   Marshall, Nadine ^e   Downing, Thomas ^f   Wongbusarakum, Supin ^b   Patwardhan, Anand ^g   Hamza, Mo ^h   Anderson, Cheryl ^b   Bharwani, Sukaina ⁱ   Hansen, Lara ^j   Rubinoff, Pamela ^k  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Global Climate Adaptation Partnership (GCAP)   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ Oxford Office   (United Kingdom)

^j EcoAdapt   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; climate vulnerability assessment; natural resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952032948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12210     Document Type: Article

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