Changes in plant species richness over the last century in the eastern Swiss Alps: Elevational gradient, bedrock effects and migration rates

Plant Ecology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-196

  Holzinger, Barbara ^a   Hülber, Karl ^a,b   Camenisch, Martin ^c   Grabherr, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses   (Austria)

^c Camenisch and Zahner   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine nival ecotone; Climate change; Functional species groups; Migration rates; Species richness change; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BEDROCK; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELEVATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIGRATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSITION ZONE; VEGETATION; WARMING;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAUBUNDEN; SWITZERLAND;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 41049091563     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9314-9     Document Type: Article

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