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Building evolutionary resilience for conserving biodiversity under climate change
Article first published online: 18 OCT 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2010.00157.x
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Evolutionary Applications
Special Issue: In the light of evolution: interdisciplinary challenges in food, health, and the environment
Volume 4, Issue 2, pages 326–337, March 2011
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Sgrò, C. M., Lowe, A. J. and Hoffmann, A. A. (2011), Building evolutionary resilience for conserving biodiversity under climate change. Evolutionary Applications, 4: 326–337. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2010.00157.x
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- Issue published online: 17 FEB 2011
- Article first published online: 18 OCT 2010
- Received: 17 June 2010 Accepted: 7 July 2010 First published online: 18 October 2010
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