Beyond bioclimatic envelopes: dynamic species' range and abundance modelling in the context of climatic change

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 621-626

  Huntley, Brian ^a   Barnard, Phoebe ^b,c   Altwegg, Res ^b,c   Chambers, Lynda ^d   Coetzee, Bernard W T ^b,e   Gibson, Lesley ^f   Hockey, Philip A R ^c   Hole, David G ^a   Midgley, Guy F ^b   Underhill, Les G ^c   Willis, Stephen G ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f Dept of Environment and Conservation ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; RANGE SIZE;

EID: 77955265564     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06023.x     Document Type: Article

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