Habitat microclimates drive fine-scale variation in extreme temperatures

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Suggitt, Andrew J ^a   Gillingham, Phillipa K ^a   Hill, Jane K ^a   Huntley, Brian ^b   Kunin, William E ^c   Roy, David B ^d   Thomas, Chris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT TYPE; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EID: 78650225882     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18270.x     Document Type: Article

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