Climate warming and ectotherm body size - from individual physiology to community ecology

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 991-1001

  Ohlberger, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community; Ectothermic; Growth; Size structure; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECTOTHERMY; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84880716288     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12098     Document Type: Review

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