A 2017 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 31-40

  Sutherland, William J ^a   Barnard, Phoebe ^b   Broad, Steven ^c   Clout, Mick ^d   Connor, Ben ^e   Côté, Isabelle M ^f   Dicks, Lynn V ^g   Doran, Helen ^h   Entwistle, Abigail C ⁱ   Fleishman, Erica ^j   Fox, Marie ^k   Gaston, Kevin J ^l   Gibbons, David W ^m   Jiang, Zhigang ⁿ   Keim, Brandon ^o   Lickorish, Fiona A ^p   Markillie, Paul ^q   Monk, Kathryn A ^r   Pearce Higgins, James W ^a,s   Peck, Lloyd S ^t   Pretty, Jules ^u   Spalding, Mark D ^v   Tonneijck, Femke H ^w   Wintle, Bonnie C ^a   Ockendon, Nancy ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c TRAFFIC INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^h NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^m RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^o Cranfield University ^*  (United States)

^p CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^q United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service   (United Kingdom)

^r The Nunnery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^s THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^t BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^w WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL   (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

climate change; energy security; environment; futures; invasive species; management; novel issues; predictions

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL BLEACHING; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTHOZOA;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORECASTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

EID: 85006880774     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.11.005     Document Type: Review

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