Community responses to extreme climatic conditions

Current Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 406-413

  Jiguet, Frédéric ^a   Brotons, Lluis ^b   Devictor, Vincent ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Bird community; Climate change; Drought; Heat wave; Hurricane

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 79955550639     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/57.3.406     Document Type: Article

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