Recent climatic trends in Castilla and León (Spain) and its possible influence on the potential natural vegetation

Acta Botanica Gallica

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 625-636

  del Río, Sara ^a   Herrero, Luis ^a   Penas, Àngel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioclimatology; Castilla and le n; Climatic trends; Potential natural vegetation; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349093901     PISSN: 12538078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12538078.2009.10516181     Document Type: Article

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