Climate, climate change and range boundaries

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 488-495

  Thomas, Chris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biological invasions; Climate warming; Distributions; Extinction; Range margins; Thermal ecology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EXTINCTION RISK; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RANGE SIZE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77953150619     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00642.x     Document Type: Review

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