Effects of climate change on trait-based dynamics of a top predator in freshwater ecosystems

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 243-256

  Vindenes, Yngvild ^a   Edeline, Eric ^b   Ohlberger, Jan ^a   Langangen, Øystein ^a   Winfield, Ian J ^c   Stenseth, Nils C ^a   Asbjorn Vollestad L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Esox lucius; Integral projection model; Stochastic dynamics; Structured populations; Temperature size rule

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECTOTHERMY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATOR; SIZE STRUCTURE; STOCHASTICITY; TELEOST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ESOCIDAE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LAKE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ESOCIDAE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GREAT BRITAIN; LAKES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84893019194     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674610     Document Type: Article

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