Climate change and Australia: Trends, projections and impacts

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 423-443

  Hughes, Lesley ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate change; Climate projections; Rainfall; Species impacts; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; AVES; MAMMALIA; POACEAE; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042740602     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01300.x     Document Type: Review

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