Managing climate change refugia for climate adaptation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Morelli, Toni Lyn ^a,b,c   Daly, Christopher ^d   Dobrowski, Solomon Z ^e   Dulen, Deanna M ^f   Ebersole, Joseph L ^g   Jackson, Stephen T ^a,h   Lundquist, Jessica D ⁱ   Millar, Constance I ^j   Maher, Sean P ^b,c,k   Monahan, William B ^l   Nydick, Koren R ^f   Redmond, Kelly T ^m   Sawyer, Sarah C ^l   Stock, Sarah ^f   Beissinger, Steven R ^b,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Oregon State University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^g U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^h University of Arizona   (United States)

ⁱ University of Washington   (United States)

^j PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^k MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^m DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; REFUGIUM; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; LEPORIDAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; RABBITS; REFUGIUM;

EID: 84983470043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159909     Document Type: Review

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