The complexity of predicting climate-induced ecological impacts

Climate Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 165-175

  Mustin, Karen ^a   Sutherland, William J ^b   Gill, Jennifer A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distribution; Migration; Population processes; Range size; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; RANGE SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WADER;

EID: 44249083773     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00723     Document Type: Article

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