Increasing species richness on mountain summits: Upward migration due to anthropogenic climate change or re-colonisation?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-306

  Kammer, Peter M ^a   Schöb, Christian ^b   Choler, Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Alpine flora; Dispersal limitation; European Alps; Long term monitoring; Species diversity; Vegetation shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548659174     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[301:ISROMS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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