Disregarding topographical heterogeneity biases species turnover assessments based on bioclimatic models

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 483-494

  Luoto, Miska ^a   Heikkinen, R K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Climate change; Colonization; Europe; Extinction; Scenarios; Topography; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BUTTERFLY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; EXTINCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HETEROGENEITY; MODELING; MOUNTAIN REGION; PREDICTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 38949182966     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01527.x     Document Type: Article

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