Potential impact of climate change on vegetation in the European alps: A review

Climatic Change

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 77-109

  Theurillat, Jean Paul ^a,b   Guisan, Antoine ^c  

^a Centre Alpien de Phytogéographie CAP   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; OZONE; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; VEGETATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 0034923809     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010632015572     Document Type: Article

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