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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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Autores principales: Cunningham, Susan J., Kruger, Andries C., Nxumalo, Mthobisi P., Hockey, Philip A. R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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