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Identifying Biologically Meaningful Hot-Weather Events Using Threshold Temperatures That Affect Life-History
Increases in the frequency, duration and intensity of heat waves are frequently evoked in climate change predictions. However, there is no universal definition of a heat wave. Recent, intense hot weather events have caused mass mortalities of birds, bats and even humans, making the definition and pr...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3861557/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349296 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082492 |