Colonization of high altitudes by alien plants over the last two centuries

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 439-440

  Pyšek, Petr ^a,b   Jarošík, Vojtěch ^a,b   Pergl, Jan ^a   Wild, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ALTITUDE; BIOTIC STRESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION;

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CZECH REPUBLIC; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79551658659     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017682108     Document Type: Note

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