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Predicting impacts of climate change on biodiversity: a role for semi-mechanistic community-level modelling

  1. Karel Mokany*,
  2. Simon Ferrier

Article first published online: 22 DEC 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00735.x

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Diversity and Distributions

Diversity and Distributions

Volume 17, Issue 2, pages 374–380, March 2011

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Mokany, K. and Ferrier, S. (2011), Predicting impacts of climate change on biodiversity: a role for semi-mechanistic community-level modelling. Diversity and Distributions, 17: 374–380. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00735.x

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  1. CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Climate Adaptation Flagship, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

* Karel Mokany, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, PO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. E-mail: Karel.Mokany@csiro.au

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  2. Article first published online: 22 DEC 2010

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