Ecometrics: The traits that bind the past and present together

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-101

  Eronen, Jussi T ^a   Polly, P David ^b   Fred, Marianne ^c   Damuth, John ^d   Frank, David C ^e   Mosbrugger, Volker ^f   Scheidegger, Christoph ^e   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^g   Fortelius, Mikael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^f SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community structure; Ecometrics; Integrative climate change biology; Taxon free; Trait distribution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGY; BIOTA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 78651306993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2010.00192.x     Document Type: Review

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