Detection of climate-sensitive zones and identification of climate change indicators: A case study from the Bavarian forest National Park

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-182

  Bässler, Claus ^a   Müller, Jörg ^a   Dziock, Frank ^b  

^a BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological thresholds; Global warming; Indicator species; Montane forests; Spatial generalized linear models; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DETECTION METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; GLOBAL WARMING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MONTANE FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

BAVARIA; BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK; GERMANY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77952240684     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12224-010-9059-4     Document Type: Article

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