Biodiversity gradients in the Alps: The overriding importance of elevation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3243-3254

  Sergio, Fabrizio ^a   Pedrini, Paolo ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Trento Museum of Natural Sciences   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Biodiversity; Elevation; Grassland; Habitat heterogeneity; Protected areas; Reserve network; Species richness; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ELEVATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; MOUNTAIN REGION; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTEBRATE;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36148934861     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9113-y     Document Type: Article

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