Niche properties and geographical extent as predictors of species sensitivity to climate change

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-357

  Thuiller, Wilfried ^a,b,d   Lavorel, Sandra ^a,c   Araújo, Miguel B ^a,d  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic 'envelope' modelling; Climate change; Future potential habitats; Niche breadth; Niche position; Range size

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NICHE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22144483511     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2005.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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