Spatio-temporal analysis of alpine ecotones: A spatial explicit model targeting altitudinal vegetation shifts

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 621-633

  Díaz Varela, Ramón Alberto ^a   Colombo, Roberto ^b   Meroni, Michele ^b   Calvo Iglesias, María Silvia ^c   Buffoni, Armando ^d   Tagliaferri, Antonio ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d Istituto Ambiente Italia   (Italy)

^e ERSAF Ente Regionale per i Servizi all'Agricoltura e alle Foreste   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alps; Digital elevation model; Global change; Landscape metrics; Mountain ecotones; Spatially explicit model

Indexed keywords

COLONISATION; DATA SETS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EXPLICIT MODELS; GENERAL TRENDS; GLOBAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE METRICS; MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS; MULTI-TEMPORAL; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT MODELS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREELINE; VEGETATION BELT;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SURVEYING; VEGETATION;

ECOLOGY;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COLONIZATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECOTONE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TUNDRA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ABIES LASIOCARPA; ANATOMY; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; GEOLOGY; MOUNTAINS; PLANTS; SURVEYING;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 73949149604     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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