Coexistence of Abies alba (Mill.) - Fagus sylvatica (L.) and climate change impact in the Iberian Peninsula: A climatic-niche perspective approach

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-18

  Serra Diaz, Josep M ^a   Ninyerola, Miquel ^b   Lloret, Francisco ^b  

^a Facultat de Biociencies   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Climate change; Co occurrence; Fagus sylvatica; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COEXISTENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST INVENTORY; NICHE; REFUGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; PYRENEES;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 82755194955     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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