Rethinking species' ability to cope with rapid climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2987-2990

  Hof, Christian ^a,b   Levinsky, Irina ^a,b   Araújo, Miguel B ^b,c   Rahbek, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Biodiversity; Dispersal; Extinction; Habitat fragmentation; Phenotypic plasticity; Rapid climate change

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

EID: 79961011691     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02418.x     Document Type: Article

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