Dynamic size responses to climate change: Prevailing effects of rising temperature drive long-term body size increases in a semi-arid passerine

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2062-2075

  Gardner, Janet L ^a,b   Amano, Tatsuya ^c   Mackey, Brendan G ^d   Sutherland, William J ^c   Clayton, Mark ^e   Peters, Anne ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Body size; Climate change; Endotherm; Microevolution; Passerine; Phenotypic plasticity; Temperature extremes; White plumed honeyeater

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; NDVI; PASSERINE; SEMIARID REGION;

AUSTRALIA;

RAIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; RAIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

EID: 84901834565     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12507     Document Type: Article

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