Species’ traits as predictors of range shifts under contemporary climate change: A review and meta-analysis

Global Change Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 4094-4105

  MacLean, Sarah A ^a,b   Beissinger, Steven R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

body size; diet breadth; fecundity; global change; habitat breadth; life history; range expansion

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FECUNDITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; META-ANALYSIS; RANGE EXPANSION;

ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; META ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 85020097573     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13736     Document Type: Article

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