A mechanistic niche model for measuring species' distributional responses to seasonal temperature gradients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Monahan, William B ^a  

^a Audubon California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

AVES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70949104724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007921     Document Type: Article

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