Contrasting impacts of climate-driven flowering phenology on changes in alien and native plant species distributions

New Phytologist

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 272-281

  Hulme, Philip E ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aliens; Biodiversity; Biological invasions; Climate change; Conservation; Phenology; Range shifts; Residence time

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGE EXPANSION; RESIDENCE TIME;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENGLAND; FLOWERS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649730780     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03446.x     Document Type: Article

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