The limit to the distribution of a rainforest marsupial folivore is consistent with the thermal intolerance hypothesis

Oecologia

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 889-899

  Krockenberger, Andrew K ^a   Edwards, Will ^a   Kanowski, John ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Limits to distribution; Metabolic rate; Plant secondary metabolites; Temperature extremes; Water availability

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRY SEASON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; LIMITING FACTOR; MARSUPIAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINFOREST; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOLERANCE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEHYDRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; OPOSSUM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEHYDRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPOSSUMS; QUEENSLAND; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

AUSTRALIA;

METATHERIA; PSEUDOCHIROPS ARCHERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858004690     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2146-2     Document Type: Article

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