Ecological implications of climate change will include surprises

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1109-1119

  Schneider, Stephen H ^a   Root, Terry L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

climate ecology interactions; climatic change; ecological change; global change; surprises, synergisms

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE-ECOLOGICAL INTERACTION; CLIMATIC CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL CHANGE; SYNERGISM;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0029660637     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00052720     Document Type: Article

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