Disappearing refuges in time and space: How environmental change threatens species coexistence

Theoretical Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 217-227

  Münkemüller, Tamara ^a,b   Reineking, Björn ^b,c   Travis, Justin ^d   Bugmann, Harald ^b   Johst, Karin ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fragmentation; Neutral coexistence; Overcompensation; Range shift; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; ISOLATION EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RANGE SIZE; REFUGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 72549118007     PISSN: 18741738     EISSN: 18741746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12080-009-0043-7     Document Type: Article

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