Achieving climate connectivity in a fragmented landscape

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 26, 2016, Pages 7195-7200

  McGuire, Jenny L ^a,b   Lawler, Joshua J ^b   McRae, Brad H ^c   Nuñez, Tristan A ^d   Theobald, David M ^e  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Conservation Science Partners ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate connectivity; Corridors; Habitat fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84976543361     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1602817113     Document Type: Article

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