A multispecies perspective on ecological impacts of climatic forcing

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-107

  Mutshinda, Crispin M ^a   O'Hara, Robert B ^a,b   Woiwod, Ian P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Biotic interactions; Environmental forcing; Markov chain Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOTIC FACTOR; CLIMATE FORCING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MOTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFALL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOTHS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 78650015028     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01743.x     Document Type: Article

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