Acta Geographica Sinica, Volume. 75, Issue 3, 647(2020)

Identifying priority conservation areas for South China Sea Islands under the global climate change

Xiuling ZUO1...1,2,2,3,3, Fenzhen SU2,2, Yu ZHANG2,2, Wenzhou WU2,2, and Di WU44 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Marine Sciences, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
  • 1广西大学海洋学院,南宁 530004
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所 资源与环境信息系统国家重点实验室,北京 100101
  • 3Guangxi Laboratory on the Study of Coral Reefs in the South China Sea, Coral Reef Research Center of China, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
  • 3广西大学 广西南海珊瑚礁研究重点实验室,南宁 530004
  • 4PLA Dalian Naval Academy, Dalian 116018, Liaoning, China
  • 4海军大连舰艇学院,大连 116018
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    Received: Apr. 19, 2019

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    Published Online: Oct. 16, 2020

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    DOI:10.11821/dlxb202003015

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