Upward shift in elevational plant species ranges in Sikkilsdalen, central Norway

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 922-932

  Felde, Vivian Astrup ^a   Kapfer, Jutta ^a   Grytnes, John Arvid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELEVATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RANGE EXPANSION; SNOW COVER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NORWAY; OPPLAND; SIKKILSDALEN;

EID: 84866763720     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07057.x     Document Type: Article

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