Climate-induced habitat selection predicts future evolutionary strategies of lemmings

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 689-705

  Morris, Douglas W ^a   Dupuch, Angélique ^a,b   Halliday, William D ^a,c  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Competition; Dicrostonyx; Evolutionarily stable strategies; Isodar; Lemmus; Path analysis; Tundra

Indexed keywords

DICROSTONYX; LEMMUS;

EID: 84873648291     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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