Predicting the sensitivity of butterfly phenology to temperature over the past century

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 504-514

  Kharouba, Heather M ^a   Paquette, Sebastien R ^b   Kerr, Jeremy T ^c   Vellend, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Collection records; Ecological traits; Phenological sensitivity to temperature; Phenology; Timing of flight season

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PHENOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLLECTION RECORDS; ECOLOGICAL TRAITS; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; PHENOLOGICAL SENSITIVITY TO TEMPERATURE; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIMING OF FLIGHT SEASON;

BUTTERFLIES; COLLECTION RECORDS; ECOLOGICAL TRAITS; PHENOLOGICAL SENSITIVITY TO TEMPERATURE; PHENOLOGY; TIMING OF FLIGHT SEASON;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84891665322     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12429     Document Type: Article

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