Potential impact of climate change on the northern nemoral forest herb flora of Europe

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3341-3356

  Svenning, Jens Christian ^a   Skov, Flemming ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Kalø   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic envelope modelling; Dispersal limitation; Drought; Geographic variability; Global warming; Range shifts; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISPERSAL; FLORA; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HERB; SURVIVAL;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750814848     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-1345-8     Document Type: Article

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