The contribution of contemporary climate to ectothermic and endothermic vertebrate distributions in a glacial refuge

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-49

  Aragón, Pedro ^a   Lobo, Jorge M ^a   Olalla Tárraga, Miguel Á ^b   Rodríguez, Miguel Á ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate; Covariation; Ectotherms; Elevation; Endotherms; Generalized additive models; Iberian Peninsula; Productivity; Terrestrial vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TOPOGRAPHY; VERTEBRATE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 72449160611     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00488.x     Document Type: Article

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