Rapid altitudinal migration of mountain plants in Taiwan and its implications for high altitude biodiversity

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 204-210

  Jump, Alistair S ^a   Huang, Tsurng Juhn ^b   Chou, Chang Hung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDEMISM; HISTORICAL RECORD; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84857800946     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06984.x     Document Type: Article

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