An empirical link between the spectral colour of climate and the spectral colour of field populations in the context of climate change

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1042-1048

  García Carreras, Bernardo ^a   Reuman, Daniel C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extinction risk; Population dynamics; Population models; Red noise; Ricker; Soay sheep; Spectral exponent; Spectrum

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLOR; DATABASE; EXTINCTION RISK; NOISE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SHEEP; SPECTRUM; TIME SERIES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 79960844322     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01833.x     Document Type: Article

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