Detecting Biodiversity Changes Along Climatic Gradients: The IBISCA-Queensland Project

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-250

  Kitching, Roger L ^a   Putland, David ^b   Ashton, Louise A ^a   Laidlaw, Melinda J ^c   Boulter, Sarah L ^a   Christensen, Heather ^a   Lambkin, Christine L ^d  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Growcom   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; IBISCA; Lamington national park

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RAINFOREST; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

AUSTRALIA; LAMINGTON NATIONAL PARK; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84859968225     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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