An empirical test of the relative and combined effects of land-cover and climate change on local colonization and extinction

Global Change Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 3849-3861

  Yalcin, Semra ^a   Leroux, Shawn James ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

avian community; colonization; distribution pattern; extinction; global change; global warming; habitat alteration; land use change; long term monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTINCTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; ONTARIO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; ONTARIO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85049522223     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14169     Document Type: Article

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