Red noise increases extinction risk during rapid climate change

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 815-824

  Mustin, Karen ^a,b   Dytham, Calvin ^c   Benton, Tim G ^d   Travis, Justin M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Colour; Environmental noise; Extinction risk; Range shifting; Spatial population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLOR; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTINCTION RISK; GLOBAL CHANGE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NOISE; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANGE SIZE; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84879128590     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12038     Document Type: Article

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