Multiple dimensions of climate change and their implications for biodiversity

Science

Volumn 344, Issue 6183, 2014, Pages

  Garcia, Raquel A ^a,b,c,d   Cabeza, Mar ^d   Rahbek, Carsten ^b,e   Araújo, Miguel B ^a,b,c,e  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LATITUDE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ASTRONOMY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HIBERNATION; METRIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIURIDAE; SEASONAL VARIATION; FREEZING; ICE COVER; SEASON;

SNOW;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FREEZING; ICE COVER; SEASONS; SNOW;

EID: 84900320820     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1247579     Document Type: Review

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