Climate change, unpredictable cold waves and possible brakes on plant migration

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 642-648

  Jalili, Adel ^a   Jamzad, Ziba ^a   Thompson, Ken ^b   Araghi, M K ^a   Ashrafi, Sohaila ^a   Hasaninejad, Maryam ^a   Panahi, Parisa ^a   Hooshang, Neda ^a   Azadil, Rahman ^a,b   Tavakol, M S ^a   Palizdar, Maryam ^a   Rahmanpour, Afsoun ^a   Farghadan, Farhood ^a   Mirhossaini, S G ^a   Parvaneh, Kamyar ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Deciduous; Evergreen; Iran; Plant diversity; Unpredictable cold waves

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; SEVERE WEATHER; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

IRAN;

EID: 79951587300     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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