Phenological overlap of interacting species in a changing climate: An assessment of available approaches

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3183-3193

  Rafferty, Nicole E ^a,b   Caradonna, Paul J ^a,c   Burkle, Laura A ^d   Iler, Amy M ^c,e   Bronstein, Judith L ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community; Demography; Experiment; Life history; Long term data; Models; Observation; Phenology; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886999573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.668     Document Type: Article

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