Using niche-based modelling to assess the impact of climate change on tree functional diversity in Europe

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-60

  Thuiller, Wilfried ^a,b,c,d   Lavorel, Sandra ^a,d   Sykes, Martin T ^e   Araújo, Miguel B ^a,c,f,g  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Functional diversity; Niche based models; Species richness

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MODELING; NICHE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33645005227     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2006.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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