Connecting today's climates to future climate analogs to facilitate movement of species under climate change

Conservation Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1397-1408

  Littlefield, Caitlin E ^a   McRae, Brad H ^b   Michalak, Julia L ^a   Lawler, Joshua J ^a   Carroll, Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c Klamath Center for Conservation Research   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptaci n al cambio clim tico; an logos clim ticos; climate analogs; climate change adaptation; conectividad; connectivity; dispersal; dispersi n

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONNECTIVITY; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; ECOREGION; FACILITATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; MOVEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; PLANT DISPERSAL; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CANADA; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISPERSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85022221750     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12938     Document Type: Article

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