The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people

Science

Volumn 354, Issue 6313, 2016, Pages

  Scheffers, Brett R ^a   De Meester, Luc ^b   Bridge, Tom C L ^c,d   Hoffmann, Ary A ^e   Pandolfi, John M ^f   Corlett, Richard T ^g   Butchart, Stuart H M ^h,i   Pearce Kelly, Paul ^j   Kovacs, Kit M ^k   Dudgeon, David ^l   Pacifici, Michela ^m   Rondinini, Carlo ^m   Foden, Wendy B ⁿ   Martin, Tara G ^o   Mora, Camilo ^p   Bickford, David ^q,s   Watson, James E M ^f,r  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^h BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^j ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^m SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

ⁿ STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^q NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^r WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^s Rimba   (Malaysia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENE; GREENHOUSE GAS; GUIDELINE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PHENOLOGY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOME; CLADOCERA; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FISHERY; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HARVEST; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SPAWNING; TEMPERATURE STRESS; WELLBEING; ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; CROP; FOOD CHAIN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; SEX RATIO;

FRESH WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FISHERIES; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84995505989     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf7671     Document Type: Review

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