Causes of warm-edge range limits: Systematic review, proximate factors and implications for climate change

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 429-442

  Cahill, Abigail E ^a   Aiello Lammens, Matthew E ^a   Fisher Reid, M Caitlin ^a,b   Hua, Xia ^a,c   Karanewsky, Caitlin J ^a   Ryu, Hae Yeong ^a   Sbeglia, Gena C ^a   Spagnolo, Fabrizio ^a   Waldron, John B ^a   Wiens, John J ^a,d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Climate change; Competition; Physiological tolerances; Range limits; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893815693     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12231     Document Type: Article

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