Dispersal limitation and spatial scale affect model based projections of Pinus uncinata response to climate change in the Pyrenees

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1714-1724

  Martínez, Isabel ^a   González Taboada, Fernando ^b   Wiegand, Thorsten ^a   Camarero, Jesus Julio ^c   Gutiérrez, Emilia ^d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dispersal limitation; Pinus uncinata; Pyrenees; Species distribution models (SDMs)

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISPERSAL; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SCALE EFFECT; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TREELINE;

PYRENEES;

PINUS UNCINATA;

EID: 84859502112     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02660.x     Document Type: Article

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