Evolution of plant-pollinator mutualisms in response to climate change

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-16

  Gilman, R Tucker ^a   Fabina, Nicholas S ^a,b   Abbott, Karen C ^a,c   Rafferty, Nicole E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coevolution; Natural selection and contemporary evolution; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857074604     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2011.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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