Forecasting ecological and evolutionary strategies to global change: An example from habitat selection by lemmings

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1266-1276

  Morris, Douglas W ^a   Moore, Debra E ^b   Ale, Som B ^c   Dupuch, Angélique ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Lake Superior College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Conservation; Evolution; Habitat; Habitat selection; Isodar; Lemmings

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FITNESS; FORECASTING METHOD; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NICHE; RODENT;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; HERSCHEL ISLAND; YUKON TERRITORY;

DICROSTONYX; DICROSTONYX GROENLANDICUS; LEMMUS; LEMMUS TRIMUCRONATUS; MICROTUS; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 79251617740     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02305.x     Document Type: Article

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