Endemic plant communities on special soils: Early victims or hardy survivors of climate change?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1122-1130

  Damschen, Ellen I ^a   Harrison, Susan ^b   Ackerly, David D ^c   Fernandez Going, Barbara M ^b   Anacker, Brian L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted migration; Azonal vegetation; Community; Conservation; Edaphic; Functional diversity; Managed relocation; Plant climate interactions; Risk; Serpentine; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT TYPE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; RISK FACTOR; SERPENTINE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOLERANCE;

EID: 84865286072     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01986.x     Document Type: Review

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