Plant species richness in Fennoscandia: Evaluating the relative importance of climate and history

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 489-503

  Grytnes, John Arvid ^a   Birks, H J B ^a,b   Peglar, Sylvia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EUROPE; FENNOSCANDIA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0033372292     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1999.tb01233.x     Document Type: Article

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