Climate change induces demographic resistance to disease in novel coral assemblages

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1967-1969

  Yakob, Laith ^a,b   Mumby, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE STRESS; TURNOVER TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79952130159     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015443108     Document Type: Article

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