Local extent of old-growth woodland modifies epiphyte response to climate change

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 302-313

  Ellis, Christopher J ^a   Yahr, Rebecca ^a   Coppins, Brian J ^a  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecological continuity; Epiphytes; Lichens; Nonparametric multiplicative regression; Scotland

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIPHYTE; LICHEN; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 58449084374     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01989.x     Document Type: Article

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