Weather packages: Finding the right scale and composition of climate in ecology

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1195-1198

  Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a   Mysterud, Atle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Life history; Mammals; Migration; North Atlantic Oscillation; Population ecology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; LIFE HISTORY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; WEATHER;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 30844438184     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.01005.x     Document Type: Review

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