Climate change and elevational range shifts: Evidence from dung beetles in two European mountain ranges

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 646-657

  Menéndez, Rosa ^a   González Megías, Adela ^b   Jay Robert, Pierre ^c   Marquéz Ferrando, Rocío ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dung beetles; Elevational gradients; Range shifts; Sierra Nevada; South western Alps

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ELEVATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; RANGE SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WARMING;

ALPS; ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; FRANCE; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SPAIN;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 84898547137     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12142     Document Type: Article

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