Infra-red thermometry of alpine landscapes challenges climatic warming projections

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2602-2613

  Scherrer, Daniel ^a   Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Arctic; Leaf temperature; Microclimate; Soil temperature; Thermal niche; Topography

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; INFRARED IMAGERY; MICROCLIMATE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; NICHE; PHYLLOSPHERE; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ALPS; ARCTIC; NORWAY; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955251336     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02122.x     Document Type: Article

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