Diaspore traits discriminate good from weak colonisers on high-elevation summits

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 508-515

  Vittoz, Pascal ^a,b   Dussex, Nicolas ^a   Wassef, Jérôme ^a   Guisan, Antoine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Climate change; Dispersal traits; Global warming; Long term monitoring; Permanent plots; Plant migration; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

CARDAMINE; TARAXACUM ALPINUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 69249212123     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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