Increased temperature variation poses a greater risk to species than climate warming

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1779, 2014, Pages

  Vasseur, David A ^a   DeLong, John P ^b   Gilbert, Benjamin ^c   Greig, Hamish S ^d,e   Harley, Christopher D G ^f   McCann, Kevin S ^g   Savage, Van ^h,i   Tunney, Tyler D ^g   O'Connor, Mary I ^f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ectotherm; Performance; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ACQUISITION; ECTOTHERMY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; INVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DECLINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECTOTHERM; INVERTEBRATE; PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECTOTHERM; PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84893135631     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2612     Document Type: Article

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