Simulating vegetation shifts in north-eastern Mediterranean mountain forests under climatic change scenarios

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-77

  Fyllas, Nikolaos M ^a,b   Troumbis, Andreas Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fire regimes; Forest gap dynamics models; Greece; Mediterranean forests; Plant functional types

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST FIRE; GAP DYNAMICS; MODELING; MONTANE FOREST;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57649137969     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2008.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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