Elevated surface temperature depresses survival of banner-tailed kangaroo rats: Will climate change cook a desert icon?

Oecologia

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 257-268

  Moses, Martin R ^a,b   Frey, Jennifer K ^a   Roemer, Gary W ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Capture recapture; Heteromyidae; Information theory; Physiological limits; Range shift

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT TYPE; LAND SURFACE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RODENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION; TOLERANCE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIPODOMYS; FEVER; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIPODOMYS; FEVER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW MEXICO; SEASONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT;

DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS; HETEROMYIDAE; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84855592837     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2073-2     Document Type: Article

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