Vegetation gradients in Atlantic Europe: The use of existing phytosociological data in preliminary investigations on the potential effects of climate change on British vegetation

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-199

  Duckworth, J C ^a,c   Bunce, R G H ^a   Malloch, A J C ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Plantlife Scotland   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Europe; Calcareous grasslands; Climate change; Correspondence analysis; Heaths; Mesotrophic grasslands; Ordination; Phytosociological literature; Vegetation gradients; Woodlands

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; HEATHLAND; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION; WOODLAND;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033931164     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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