Conserving the Stage: Climate Change and the Geophysical Underpinnings of Species Diversity

Mark G. Anderson; Charles E. Ferree

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011554

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Conserving the Stage: Climate Change and the Geophysical Underpinnings of Species Diversity

Mark G. Anderson ,

* E-mail: manderson@tnc.org

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Charles E. Ferree

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Conserving the Stage: Climate Change and the Geophysical Underpinnings of Species Diversity

Mark G. Anderson,
Charles E. Ferree

Published: July 14, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011554

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Will this change conservation priorities?

Posted by slsolie on 26 Jul 2010 at 02:00 GMT

I found this study compelling as I'd never heard anyone emphasize geology as a predictor for species-diversity before. I wonder why it's been overlooked when it seems to clearly play a strong role in creating biodiversity?

Competing interests declared: i reviewed drafts of this article and provided feedback.

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