An elevational shift of cryophilous bryophytes in the last century - An effect of climate warming?

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 871-879

  Bergamini, Ariel ^a   Ungricht, Stefan ^b   Hofmann, Heike ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altitudinal range displacement; Elevational limits; Extinction; Herbarium specimens; Historical records; Liverworts and mosses

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BRYOPHYTE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTINCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERBARIUM; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE EXPANSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MARCHANTIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 69249153372     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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