Patch configuration affects alpine plant distribution

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 576-587

  Dullinger, Stefan ^a,b   Mang, Thomas ^a,b   Dirnböck, Thomas ^c   Ertl, Siegrun ^a   Gattringer, Andreas ^b   Grabherr, Georg ^a   Leitner, Michael ^a   Hülber, Karl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Vienna Inst for Nature Conservation and Analyses   (Austria)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; NICHE; PARAMETERIZATION; PATCH SIZE; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RECOLONIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WARMING;

ALPS; AUSTRIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

EID: 79959662457     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06601.x     Document Type: Article

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