Climate change, multiple stressors, and the decline of ectotherms

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 741-751

  Rohr, Jason R ^a   Palmer, Brent D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Atrazine; Climate change; Critical thermal maxima; Global warming; Pollution; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ATRAZINE; HERBICIDE; WATER;

ATRAZINE; BURROWING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECTOTHERMY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HERBICIDE; LIZARD; MOISTURE; MORTALITY; REFUGE; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; AMBYSTOMA; AMPHIBIAN DECLINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATRAZINA; CALENTAMIENTO GLOBAL; CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTAMINACIÓN; CRITICAL THERMAL MAXIMA; DECLINACIÓN DE ANFIBIOS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURA MÁXIMA CRÍTICA; TEMPERATURE; TOXICIDAD; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIAN DECLINE; ATRAZINA; ATRAZINE; CALENTAMIENTO GLOBAL; CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTAMINACIÓN; CRITICAL THERMAL MAXIMA; DECLINACIÓN DE ANFIBIOS; GLOBAL WARMING; POLLUTION; TEMPERATURA MÁXIMA CRÍTICA; TOXICIDAD; TOXICITY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HERBICIDES; KENTUCKY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA BARBOURI; AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84880702256     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12086     Document Type: Article

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