Predicting changes in Fennoscandian vascular-plant species richness as a result of future climatic change

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 111-112

  Sætersdal, Magne ^a,b,d,e   Birks, H J B ^a,c   Peglar, Sylvia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Sogn and Fjordane College ^*  (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e Norwegian Inst of Forest Research

Author keywords

Climate change; Fennoscandia; Greenhouse effect; Species richness; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGE; EXTINCTION; IMMIGRATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 0031967348     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1998.251192.x     Document Type: Article

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