The importance of phylogeny to the study of phenological response to global climate change

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1555, 2010, Pages 3202-3213

  Davis, Charles C ^a   Willis, Charles G ^a,b   Primack, Richard B ^c   Miller Rushing, Abraham J ^d,e,f  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d National Phenology Network   (United States)

^e Wildlife Society   (United States)

^f Acadia National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community ecology; Extinction; Invasive species; Phenology; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIRD; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EXTINCTION; FITNESS; FLOWERING; GLOBAL CHANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RELATEDNESS; SEASONALITY;

UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FLOWERS; GREAT BRITAIN; MASSACHUSETTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77958074313     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0130     Document Type: Article

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