Organismal climatology: Analyzing environmental variability at scales relevant to physiological stress

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 995-1003

  Helmuth, Brian ^a   Broitman, Bernardo R ^b   Yamane, Lauren ^a   Gilman, Sarah E ^d   Mach, Katharine ^c,e   Mislan, K A S ^a   Denny, Mark W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d The Claremont Colleges   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Climate change; Ecological forecasting; Intertidal zone; Signal analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; METEOROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; METEOROLOGY; SEASONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77649205994     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.038463     Document Type: Article

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