Autumn, the neglected season in climate change research

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 169-176

  Gallinat, Amanda S ^a   Primack, Richard B ^a   Wagner, David L ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Diapause; Fruit; Leaf senescence; Migration; Phenology

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIAPAUSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FRUIT; HIBERNATION; NET ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTION; PHENOLOGY; RIPENING; SENESCENCE; VULNERABILITY;

AVES; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANTS; SEASONS;

EID: 84923620529     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.01.004     Document Type: Review

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