Accidental experiments: Ecological and evolutionary insights and opportunities derived from global change

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1649-1661

  Hillerislambers, Janneke ^a   Ettinger, Ailene K ^a   Ford, Kevin R ^a   Haak, David C ^a,b   Horwith, Micah ^a   Miner, Brooks E ^a,c   Rogers, Haldre S ^a,d   Sheldon, Kimberly S ^a,e   Tewksbury, Joshua J ^a,f   Waters, Susan M ^a   Yang, Sylvia ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f Luc Hoffmann Institute   (Switzerland)

^g WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION RISK; GLOBAL CHANGE; GUIDELINE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NEW SPECIES;

EID: 84888065284     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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