Distribution patterns, range size and niche breadth of Austrian endemic plants

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2547-2558

  Essl, Franz ^a   Staudinger, Markus ^b   Stöhr, Oliver ^c   Schratt Ehrendorfer, Luise ^d   Rabitsch, Wolfgang ^a   Niklfeld, Harald ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b AVL LIST GMBH   (Austria)

^c Museum Haus der Natur   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Altitude; Habitat preference; Hot spots; Niche breadth; Pleistocene; Range size

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; NICHE BREADTH; PLEISTOCENE; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VASCULAR PLANT;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 69249213429     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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