Conservation ecology. Home, home outside the range?
@article{Stone2010ConservationEH, title={Conservation ecology. Home, home outside the range?}, author={R. Stone}, journal={Science}, year={2010}, volume={329 5999}, pages={ 1592-4 } }
One of the hottest debates in conservation biology these days is to what extent scientists should help embattled species cope with climate change. All life forms, including our own, must adapt to climate change or dwindle and possibly perish. Scientists generally agree that first they should protect or shore up ecosystems, especially fragile ones such as cloud forests and coral reefs. Consensus breaks down, however, on what to do when a species can9t keep pace with a changing world. One camp… CONTINUE READING
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