Variability in winter climate and winter extremes reduces population growth of an alpine butterfly

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 190-199

  Roland, Jens ^a   Matter, Stephen F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alberta; Alpine habitat; Canada; Climate change; Climate extremes; Climate variability; Jumpingpound and lusk ridges; Pacific decadal oscillation; Parnassius smintheus; PDO; Population dynamics; Rocky mountain apollo butterfly

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOTIC FACTOR; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE VARIATION; NONLINEARITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; WINTER;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASON; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

NORTH CAROLINA; ROCKY MOUNT; UNITED STATES;

PAPILIONOIDEA; PARNASSIINAE; PARNASSIUS SMINTHEUS;

EID: 84876134151     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0611.1     Document Type: Article

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