One century of vegetation change on Isla Persa, a nunatak in the Bernina massif in the Swiss Alps

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 671-680

  Pascal, Vittoz ^a   Jeanne, Bodin ^b,c   Stefan, Ungricht ^d   Burga Conradin, A ^a,d   Gian Reto, Walther ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine vegetation; Global warming; Long term monitoring; Plant trait; Species diversity; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; GLOBAL WARMING; GRASSLAND; IMMIGRATION; MONITORING; NUNATAK; SHRUB; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ALPS; BERNINA RANGE; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILICOPHYTA; PERSA; TRACHEOPHYTA; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 59749105421     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-8-18434     Document Type: Article

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