Most ‘global’ reviews of species’ responses to climate change are not truly global

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 231-234

  Feeley, Kenneth J ^a,b   Stroud, James T ^a,b   Perez, Timothy M ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; climate change responses; geographic bias; global review; marine; taxonomic bias; terrestrial

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 85006699362     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12517     Document Type: Letter

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