Historical baselines for large marine animals

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 254-262

  Lotze, Heike K ^a   Worm, Boris ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; RECONSTRUCTION;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SEA;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 64749090271     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2008.12.004     Document Type: Review

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