Population responses within a landscape matrix: A macrophysiological approach to understanding climate change impacts

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 601-616

  Chown, Steven L ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^b   van Kleunen, Mark ^c   Clusella Trullas, Susana ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic modelling; Mechanistic models; Performance curves; Phenotypic plasticity; r c matrices

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 77952634813     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9329-x     Document Type: Article

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