Climate-mediated energetic constraints on the distribution of hibernating mammals

Nature

Volumn 418, Issue 6895, 2002, Pages 313-316

  Humphries, Murray M ^a,b   Thomas, Donald W ^c   Speakman, John R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORECASTING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BIOGEOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HIBERNATION;

ARTICLE; BAT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HIBERNATION; MAMMAL; MICROHABITAT; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CLIMATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HIBERNATION; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

EID: 0037130231     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature00828     Document Type: Article

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