Mechanisms driving change: Altered species interactions and ecosystem function through global warming

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 937-947

  Traill, Lochran W ^a,b   Lim, Matthew L M ^c   Sodhi, Navjot S ^c   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecosystem function; Ecosystem service; Global warming; Heterotrophs; Resilience

Indexed keywords

AUTOTROPHY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTINCTION; FACILITATION; FOOD WEB; GLOBAL WARMING; HETEROTROPHY; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLINATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEED DISPERSAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY TRANSFER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY TRANSFER; GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 78650404736     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01695.x     Document Type: Review

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