A definition of mountains and their bioclimatic belts for global comparisons of biodiversity data

Alpine Botany

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-78

  Körner, Christian ^a   Paulsen, Jens ^a   Spehn, Eva M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine; Montane; Mountain definition; Mountain life zones; Ruggedness; Thermal belts

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MOUNTAIN REGION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRAIN; THRESHOLD;

EID: 84862977139     PISSN: 16642201     EISSN: 1664221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-011-0094-4     Document Type: Article

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