Patterns of Shrub Invasion into High Mountain Grasslands of the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 434-441

  Dullinger, S ^a   Dirnbock T ^b   Grabherr, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; RANGE EXPANSION; SHRUB;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

PINUS MUGO;

EID: 1242277749     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2003)035[0434:POSIIH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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