Forecasting the future of biodiversity: A test of single- and multi-species models for ants in North America

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 836-847

  Fitzpatrick, Matthew C ^a   Sanders, Nathan J ^b,c   Ferrier, Simon ^d   Longino, J T ^e   Weiser, Michael D ^f   Dunn, Rob ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TURNOVER;

CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 79958098554     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06653.x     Document Type: Article

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