Effects of elevated temperature on multi-species interactions: The case of Pedunculate Oak, Winter Moth and Tits

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 74-82

  Buse, A ^a   Dury, S J ^b   Woodburn, R J W ^b   Perrins, C M ^b   Good, J E G ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Food web; Operophtera brumata; Parus spp.; Quercus robur

Indexed keywords

BUDBURST; CLIMATE CHANGE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LAYING DATE; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; WARMING;

EID: 0032790818     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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