Elevational species shifts in a warmer climate are overestimated when based on weather station data

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 645-654

  Scherrer, Daniel ^a   Schmid, Samuel ^b   Körner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine; Soil temperature; Spatial scale; Suitable climate space; Surface temperature; Thermometry

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROCLIMATE; PLANT; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; MICROCLIMATE; PLANTS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79960094054     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0364-7     Document Type: Article

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