Dynamic refugia and species persistence: Tracking spatial shifts in habitat through time

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1062-1069

  Graham, Catherine H ^a   VanDerWal, Jeremy ^b   Phillips, Steven J ^c   Moritz, Craig ^d   Williams, Stephen E ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT TYPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFUGIUM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78650386746     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06430.x     Document Type: Article

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