The relative importance of climate and habitat in determining the distributions of species at different spatial scales: A case study with ground beetles in Great Britain

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 831-838

  Gillingham, Phillipa K ^a   Palmer, Stephen C F ^c   Huntley, Brian ^d   Kunin, William E ^e   Chipperfield, Joseph D ^a,b   Thomas, Chris D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDGE EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; MICROCLIMATE; PITFALL TRAP; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84863470553     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07434.x     Document Type: Article

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