Mechanisms underpinning climatic impacts on natural populations: Altered species interactions are more important than direct effects

Global Change Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2221-2229

  Ockendon, Nancy ^a   Baker, David J ^a,b   Carr, Jamie A ^c   White, Elizabeth C ^d   Almond, Rosamunde E A ^e   Amano, Tatsuya ^f   Bertram, Esther ^g   Bradbury, Richard B ^h   Bradley, Cassie ^g   Butchart, Stuart H M ⁱ   Doswald, Nathalie ^d   Foden, Wendy ^c   Gill, David J C ^g   Green, Rhys E ^f   Sutherland, William J ^f   Tanner, Edmund V J ^f   Pearce Higgins, James W ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IUCN Species Programme   (United Kingdom)

^d UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^h RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abiotic; Biotic; Climate change; Mechanism; Meta analysis; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLOBAL CHANGE; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

ANIMAL; BIOTA; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; MAMMAL; META ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPE; FISHES; INVERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; NORTH AMERICA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84901928152     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12559     Document Type: Article

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