Plants in a warmer world

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 169-185

  Walther, Gian Reto ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global warming; Invasion; Phenology; Range shifts; Treeline

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 1542758801     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00076     Document Type: Article

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