A spatially explicit definition of conservation priorities according to population resistance and resilience, species importance and level of threat in a changing climate

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 727-738

  Brambilla, Mattia ^a,b   Caprio, Enrico ^c   Assandri, Giacomo ^a,d   Scridel, Davide ^a,d   Bassi, Enrico ^e   Bionda, Radames ^f   Celada, Claudio ^g   Falco, Riccardo ^b   Bogliani, Giuseppe ^d   Pedrini, Paolo ^a   Rolando, Antonio ^c   Chamberlain, Dan ^c  

^a Museo Delle Scienze   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Lombardia per l'Ambiente   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^e Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio   (Italy)

^f Parco Naturale Alpe Veglia e Devero Alta Valle Antrona   (Italy)

^g Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli (LIPU)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; birds; distribution; ecological connectivity; global warming; spatial planning

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE; PERSISTENCE; PRIORITIZATION; RAPTOR; REFUGIUM; REGIONAL PLANNING; SITE SELECTION; STRESS RESISTANCE;

ALPS; ITALY;

ANTHUS SPINOLETTA; AVES; GLAUCIDIUM (AVES);

EID: 85018939161     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12572     Document Type: Article

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