Changes in species composition in alpine snowbeds with climate change inferred from small-scale spatial patterns

Web Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 142-159

  Schob C ^a   Kammer, P M ^b   Kikvidze, Z ^c   Choler, P ^d,e   Veit, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Pathology Bern   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 77956638832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13991183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-8-142-2008     Document Type: Article

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