Constraints to projecting the effects of climate change on mammals

Climate Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-158

  Berteaux, Dominique ^a   Humphries, M M ^b   Krebs, Charles J ^c   Lima, M ^d   McAdam, A G ^e   Pettorelli, N ^f   Reale D ^g   Saitoh, Takashi ^h   Tkadlec, Emil ^i,k   Weladji, Robert B ^f   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^j  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^h HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^k INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

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Author keywords

Cause effect relationships; Climate change; Ecology; Forecasting; Mammals; Models; Prediction; Scientific projection; Time series

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FORECASTING METHOD; MAMMAL;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33750852786     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr032151     Document Type: Article

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