Game theory sheds new light on ecological responses to current climate change when phenology is historically mismatched

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 881-888

  Johansson, Jacob ^a   Jonzén, Niclas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Evolutionary game theory; Life history; Migration; Phenology; Timing

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; GAME THEORY; LIFE HISTORY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TERRITORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GAME; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; GAME THEORY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

AVES;

EID: 84863428624     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01812.x     Document Type: Article

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