Repercussions of El Nino: Drought causes extinction and the breakdown of mutualism in Bornea

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1446, 2000, Pages 911-915

  Harrison, Rhett D ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Drought; Extinction; Ficus; Fig wasp; Keystone species

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EL NINO; MUTUALISM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BORNEO; CLIMATE; FRUIT; LIFESPAN; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; WASP; WEATHER; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; TREE;

LAMBIR HILLS NATIONAL PARK; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK;

AGAONIDAE; FICUS; HYMENOPTERA;

ANIMALS; BORNEO; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; SYMBIOSIS; TREES; WASPS;

EID: 0034616438     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1089     Document Type: Article

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