The chironomid-temperature relationship: Expression in nature and palaeoenvironmental implications

Biological Reviews

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 430-456

  Eggermont, Hilde ^a,b   Heiri, Oliver ^c,d  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autoecology; Chironomids; Lakes; Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHIRONOMIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; LARVA; TEMPERATURE;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 84859431456     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2011.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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