Towards a general relationship between climate change and biodiversity: An example for plant species in Europe

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 143-150

  Alkemade, Rob ^a   Bakkenes, Michel ^a   Eickhout, Bas ^a  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Plant species; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952106572     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-010-0161-1     Document Type: Article

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