Ecological Impacts of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) in Mediterranean Ecosystems

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 46, Issue , 2011, Pages 153-170

  Gordo, Oscar ^a   Barriocanal, Carles ^b   Robson, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c Zoologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds; Climate; Ecosystem; Phenology; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052404382     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1372-7_11     Document Type: Chapter

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