Increasing range mismatching of interacting species under global change is related to their ecological characteristics

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-99

  Schweiger, Oliver ^a   Heikkinen, Risto K ^b   Harpke, Alexander ^a   Hickler, Thomas ^c,d,f   Klotz, Stefan ^a   Kudrna, Otakar ^e   Kühn, Ingolf ^a   Pöyry, Juha ^b   Settele, Josef ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Naturmuseum Südtirol ^*  (Italy)

^f BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate envelope; Europe; Host plant constrained range; Species distribution model; Species interaction

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EXTINCTION RISK; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NICHE; PLANT; RANGE SIZE;

EUROPE;

EID: 83355167102     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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