Changes in the large-scale distribution of plants: Extinction, colonisation and the effects of climate

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 519-529

  Doxford, Simon W ^a   Freckleton, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlas data; Climate; Colonisation; Dispersal; Distribution change; Extinction; Habitat change; Plant population and community dynamics; Rainfall; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATLAS; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856918464     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01902.x     Document Type: Article

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