Regional zooplankton biodiversity provides limited buffering of pond ecosystems against climate change

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 251-259

  Thompson, Patrick L ^a,b   Shurin, Jonathan B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c University of California San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Ecological stressors; Ecosystem function; Metacommunity; Salinization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPENSATION; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MESOCOSM; METAPOPULATION; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PERIPHYTON; POND; SALINIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOLERANCE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; PHYSIOLOGY; POND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SALINITY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; PONDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALINITY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 83155181526     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01908.x     Document Type: Article

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