Microhabitats reduce animal's exposure to climate extremes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 495-503

  Scheffers, Brett R ^a,b   Edwards, David P ^b,c   Diesmos, Arvin ^d   Williams, Stephen E ^b   Evans, Theodore A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d National Museum of the Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Climate change; Critical thermal maximum; Ecophysiology; Refuge; Reptile

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXTREME EVENT; MICROHABITAT; REFUGE; REPTILE;

PHILIPPINES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRITICAL THERMAL MAXIMUM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HEAT; LIZARD; MICROCLIMATE; PHILIPPINES; PHYSIOLOGY; REFUGE; REPTILE;

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRITICAL THERMAL MAXIMUM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; REFUGE; REPTILE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; HOT TEMPERATURE; LIZARDS; MICROCLIMATE; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84891663586     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12439     Document Type: Article

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