Adaptive phenotypic plasticity and resilience of vertebrates to increasing climatic unpredictability

Climate Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 135-147

  Canale, Cindy I ^a   Henry, Pierre Yves ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Energy saving; Environmental variability; Extreme climatic events; Global change; Morphology; Physiological flexibility; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SAVING; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY; EXTREME CLIMATIC EVENTS; GLOBAL CHANGE; PHYSIOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY; REPRODUCTION;

ECOLOGY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTICITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HIBERNATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77957725695     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00897     Document Type: Article

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