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Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52760#.VKNQOMnQrzE Author(s)    Marshall J. Heap 1 , Alastair Culham 1 , Jonathan Lenoir 2 , Rosario G. Gavilán 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Centre for Plant Diversity and Systematics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Berkshire, UK . 2 Unité de Recherche “Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés” (EDYSAN, FRE3498 CNRS-UPJV), Jules Verne University of Picardie, Amiens, France . 3 Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, F. Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain . ABSTRACT We assess how effectively the current network of protected areas (PAs) across the Iberian Peninsula will conserve plant diversity ...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52760#.VKISbcCAM4 Author(s)   Marshall J. Heap 1 , Alastair Culham 1 , Jonathan Lenoir 2 , Rosario G. Gavilán 3 Affiliation(s) 1 Centre for Plant Diversity and Systematics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Berkshire, UK . 2 Unité de Recherche “Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés” (EDYSAN, FRE3498 CNRS-UPJV), Jules Verne University of Picardie, Amiens, France . 3 Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, F. Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain . ABSTRACT We assess how effectively the current network of protected areas (PAs) across the Iberian Peninsula will conserve plant diversity under n...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=47213#.VFw2wmfHRK0 Author(s)   Helen M. Poulos , Barry Chernoff Affiliation(s) College of the Environment, Wesleyan University, Middletown, USA . Departments of Biology and Earth and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University, Middletown, USA . ABSTRACT We built climate envelope models under contemporary and future climates to explore potential range shifts of the invasive Red Shiner- Cyprinella lutrensis . Our objective was to estimate aquatic habitat vulnerability to Red Shiner invasion in North America under future climatic change. We used presence records from within the species’ native and invaded distributions, a suite of ...