Grasshopper Community Response to Climatic Change: Variation Along an Elevational Gradient

作者: César R. Nufio , Chris R. McGuire , M. Deane Bowers , Robert P. Guralnick

DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0012977

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摘要: Background The impacts of climate change on phenological responses species and communities are well-documented; however, many such studies correlational so less effective at assessing the causal links between changes in phenology. Using grasshopper found along an elevational gradient, we present ideal system Front Range Colorado USA that provides a mechanistic link

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