Spatial patterns of plant richness across treeline ecotones in the Pyrenees reveal different locations for richness and tree cover boundaries

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-191

  Camarero, J Julio ^a   Gutiérrez, Emilia ^b   Fortin, Marie Josée ^c  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Correlogram; Elevational gradient; Forest limit; Pinus uncinata; Species diversity; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTONE; ELEVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREELINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

PINUS UNCINATA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 33644751732     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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