Biodiversity in the high ranges of the Alps: Ethnobotanical and climate change perspectives

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-172

  Grabherr, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine plants; Alps; Climate change; Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ETHNOBOTANY; EVERGREEN TREE; EXTINCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; RURAL AREA;

ALPS; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; HIMALAYAS;

ANEMONE; GENTIANA; LEONTOPODIUM; LEONTOPODIUM ALPINUM; RHODODENDRON;

EID: 67349205095     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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