An adaptability limit to climate change due to heat stress

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 9552-9555

  Sherwood, Steven C ^a   Huber, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate impacts; Global warming; Mammalian physiology; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; GLOBAL WARMING; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77953100565     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913352107     Document Type: Article

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