Modelling spread of British wind-dispersed plants under future wind speeds in a changing climate

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-115

  Bullock, James M ^a   White, Steven M ^a   Prudhomme, Christel ^a   Tansey, Christine ^a   Perea, Ramón ^a   Hooftman, Danny A P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dispersal; Global climate models; Matrix models; Non native; WALD model; Wavespeed model

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HABITAT LOSS; SEED DISPERSAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE DISPERSION; WIND VELOCITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 83455235331     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01910.x     Document Type: Article

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