Forest composition in Mediterranean mountains is projected to shift along the entire elevational gradient under climate change

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 162-176

  Ruiz Labourdette, Diego ^a   Nogués Bravo, David ^b,c   Ollero, Helios Sáinz ^d   Schmitz, María F ^a   Pineda, Francisco D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community shifts; Gradient boosting; Logistic regression; Mountain biodiversity; Multiple correspondence analysis; Spain; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COLD TOLERANCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS TREE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ELEVATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PREDICTION; RANGE EXPANSION; REFUGIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

SPAIN;

BALLOTA; ILEX; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS PINASTER; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 83555179199     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02592.x     Document Type: Article

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