Cascading effects of climate extremes on vertebrate fauna through changes to low-latitude tree flowering and fruiting phenology

Global Change Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3267-3277

  Butt, Nathalie ^a   Seabrook, Leonie ^a   Maron, Martine ^a   Law, Bradley S ^b   Dawson, Terence P ^c   Syktus, Jozef ^a,d   Mcalpine, Clive A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NSW Primary Industries   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate extremes; Ecosystem processes; Extreme climate events; Flowering; Frugivores; Fruiting; Nectarivores; Tree reproductive phenology; Vertebrate species

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOWERING; FRUGIVORY; FRUITING; NECTARIVORY; PHENOLOGY; TREE; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOWERS; FRUIT; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84942295993     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12869     Document Type: Article

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