Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being

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Volumn 355, Issue 6332, 2017, Pages

  Pecl, Gretta T ^a,b   Araújo, Miguel B ^c,d,e   Bell, Johann D ^f,g   Blanchard, Julia ^a,b   Bonebrake, Timothy C ^h   Chen, I Ching ⁱ   Clark, Timothy D ^a,j   Colwell, Robert K ^e,k,l,m   Danielsen, Finn ⁿ   Evengård, Birgitta ^o   Falconi, Lorena ^p   Ferrier, Simon ^j   Frusher, Stewart ^a,b   Garcia, Raquel A ^q,r   Griffis, Roger B ^s   Hobday, Alistair J ^b,j   Janion Scheepers, Charlene ^t   Jarzyna, Marta A ^u   Jennings, Sarah ^b,v   Lenoir, Jonathan ^w   Linnetved, Hlif I ^x   Martin, Victoria Y ^y   McCormack, Phillipa C ^z   McDonald, Jan ^b,z   Mitchell, Nicola J ^aa   Mustonen, Tero ^ab   Pandolfi, John M ^ac   Pettorelli, Nathalie ^ad   Popova, Ekaterina ^ae   Robinson, Sharon A ^af   Scheffers, Brett R ^ag   Shaw, Justine D ^ac   Sorte, Cascade J B ^ah   Strugnell, Jan M ^p,ai   Sunday, Jennifer M ^aj   Tuanmu, Mao Ning ^ak   Vergés, Adriana ^al   Villanueva, Cecilia ^a,b   Wernberg, Thomas ^aa   Wapstra, Erik ^z   Williams, Stephen E ^p   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Centre for Marine Socio ecology   (Australia)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^g Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

ⁱ NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^j CSIRO   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^m FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

ⁿ Nordic Agency for Development and Ecology   (Denmark)

^o UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^r STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^s NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^t MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^u YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^w UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^x UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^y SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^z UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^ad INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^af UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ai LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^ak BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^al UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION STATUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD SECURITY; NATURAL RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNITED NATIONS;

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FISHING; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WELLBEING; ANIMAL; CATERING SERVICE; HEALTH;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH; HUMANS;

EID: 85016618405     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aai9214     Document Type: Review

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