Woody plants and the prediction of climate-change impacts on bird diversity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1549, 2010, Pages 2035-2045

  Kissling, W D ^a,d   Field, R ^b   Korntheuer, H ^a   Heyder, U ^c   Bohning Gaese K ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Department of Biological Sciences ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biodiversity change; Biotic interactions; Climate change impacts; General circulation model; Predictive model; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIACHELLAITE; BIOTIC FACTOR; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODY PLANT;

KENYA;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KENYA; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; KENYA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SEASONS;

EID: 77954754618     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0008     Document Type: Article

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