Alpine flora dynamics - a critical review of responses to climate change in the Swedish Scandes since the early 1950s

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 398-408

  Kullman, Leif ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EXTINCTION RISK; FLORA; GLOBAL WARMING; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LITERATURE REVIEW; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

SWEDEN;

EID: 78149396728     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: 17561051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2010.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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