Robustness to thermal variability differs along a latitudinal gradient in zooplankton communities

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1597-1608

  Tuck, Constance ^a   Romanuk, Tamara N ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Ecosystem functioning; Environmental noise; Extinction frequency; Rock pools; Stability; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84859486150     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02652.x     Document Type: Article

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