Early emergence in a butterfly causally linked to anthropogenic warming

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 674-677

  Kearney, Michael R ^a   Briscoe, Natalie J ^a   Karoly, David J ^b   Porter, Warren P ^c   Norgate, Melanie ^d   Sunnucks, Paul ^d  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biophysical ecology; Climate change; Ecological forecasting; Mechanistic model; Phenology; Physiological ecology

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOPHYSICS; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMERGENCE; FORECASTING METHOD; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WARMING;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

HETERONYMPHA MEROPE;

EID: 77958506587     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0053     Document Type: Article

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