Assessing the impact of climate variation on survival in vertebrate populations

Biological Reviews

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-399

  Grosbois, V ^a,b   Gimenez, O ^a,c   Gaillard, J M ^b   Pradel, R ^a   Barbraud, C ^d   Clobert, J ^d   Moller A P ^e   Weimerskirch, H ^d  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian modelling; Birds; Capture mark recapture; Demography; Effect size; Information theory; Mammals; Mortality; Null hypothesis testing; Statistics; Weather

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VERTEBRATE;

AVES; CICONIA CICONIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 47649113331     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2008.00047.x     Document Type: Review

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