Why large-scale climate indices seem to predict ecological processes better than local weather.

Large-scale climatic indices such as the North Atlantic Oscillation are associated with population dynamics, variation in demographic rates and values of phenotypic traits in many species. Paradoxically, these large-scale indices can seem to be better predictors of ecological processes than local cl...

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Main Authors: Hallett, T, Coulson, T, Pilkington, J, Clutton-Brock, T, Pemberton, J, Grenfell, B
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004