Feeling the heat: Australian landbirds and climate change

Emu

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  McKechnie, Andrew E ^a   Hockey, Philip A R ^b   Wolf, Blair O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT BALANCE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOLERANCE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84861515300     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MUv112n2_ED     Document Type: Review

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