Life at the front: History, ecology and change on southern ocean islands

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 472-477

  Bergstrom, Dana M ^a   Chown, Steven L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EVOLUTION; PREDATION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0033485873     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01688-2     Document Type: Review

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