Limitations of population models in predicting climate change effects: A simulation study of sociable weavers in southern Africa

Oikos

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1417-1427

  Schwager, Monika ^a,b   Covas, Rita ^c,d   Blaum, Niels ^b   Jeltsch, Florian ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PASSERINE; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; PHILETAIRUS SOCIUS; PHILETARIUS SOCIUS;

EID: 49649086105     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16464.x     Document Type: Article

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