Spatial scale affects bioclimate model projections of climate change impacts on mountain plants

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1089-1103

  Trivedi, Mandar R ^a,b,d   Berry, Pamela M ^a   Morecroft, Michael D ^b   Dawson, Terence P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Downscaling; Ecotype; Extent; Generalized additive models; Grain; Grampian Highlands; Resolution; Scotland; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MODELING; MOUNTAIN REGION; VASCULAR PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAMPIAN HIGHLANDS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 42949101271     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01553.x     Document Type: Article

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