Forecasting plant migration rates: Managing uncertainty for risk assessment

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-347

  Higgins, S I ^a   Clark, J S ^b   Nathan, R ^c   Hovestadt, T ^d   Schurr, F ^a   Fragoso, J M V ^e   Aguiar, M R ^f   Ribbens, E ^g   Lavorel, S ^h  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^g WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Long distance dispersal; Range shift; Seed dispersal; Spread rate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0038390091     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00781.x     Document Type: Review

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