High community turnover and dispersal limitation relative to rapid climate change

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 459-471

  Lewthwaite, Jayme M M ^a   Debinski, Diane M ^c   Kerr, Jeremy T ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Canada; climate change; community composition; conservation; dispersal; macroecology; species turnover; temperature

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MACROECOLOGY; NATURE CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA;

EID: 85007489761     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12553     Document Type: Article

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