Climate as a Driver of Evolutionary Change

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Erwin, Douglas H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67651115677     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.05.047     Document Type: Review

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