Predicting when climate-driven phenotypic change affects population dynamics

Ecology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 595-608

  Mclean, Nina ^a   Lawson, Callum R ^b   Leech, Dave I ^c   van de Pol, Martijn ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Climate change; Comparative; Demographic rates; Functional traits; Phenology; Population dynamics; Species responses; Trait

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITIZATION;

AVES;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84963903953     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12599     Document Type: Article

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