Climate change effects on an endemic-rich edaphic flora: Resurveying Robert H. Whittaker's Siskiyou sites (Oregon, USA)

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3609-3619

  Damschen, Ellen I ^a,d   Harrison, Susan ^b   Grace, James B ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeographic affinity; Climate change; Edaphic; Endemism; Gradients; Plant community; Robert H. Whittaker; Serpentine; Soil type; Species distribution; Topography

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; EXTINCTION RISK; FLORA; GLOBAL WARMING; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; HERB; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SERPENTINE; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION COVER; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; OREGON; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650399299     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1057.1     Document Type: Article

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