Determining environmental causes of biological effects: The need for a mechanistic physiological dimension in conservation biology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1596, 2012, Pages 1607-1614

  Seebacher, Frank ^a   Franklin, Craig E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Adaptation; Climate change; Ecological success; Global change; Land clearing

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORRELATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84860690918     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0036     Document Type: Article

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