Forest plant community changes during 1989-2007 in response to climate warming in the Jura Mountains (France and Switzerland)

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 949-964

  Lenoir, J ^a   Gegout J C ^a   Dupouey, J L ^b   Bert, D ^c,d   Svenning, J C ^e  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b LERFoB   (France)

^c UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biotic impacts; Forest ecosystems; Global warming; Plant community ecology; Range shifts; Species distribution; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DISPERSAL; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGE EXPANSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WARMING;

FRANCE; JURA MOUNTAINS; SWITZERLAND;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA;

EID: 77956301458     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01201.x     Document Type: Article

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