An ecological 'footprint' of climate change

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1571, 2005, Pages 1427-1432

  Walther, Gian Reto ^a   Berger, Silje ^a   Sykes, Martin T ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic model; Bioindicator; Evergreen broad leaved species; Global warming; Ilex aquifolium; Range shift

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL WARMING;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ILEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ILEX AQUIFOLIUM;

CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; ILEX; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 25444441564     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3119     Document Type: Article

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