Vascular plant diversity and climate change in the upper zone of Sierra Nevada, Spain

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1044-1053

  Fernandez Calzado M R ^a   Molero Mesa, J ^a   Merzouki, A ^a   Casares Porcel, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitude gradient; biodiversity; climate change; endemics plants; mountain; temperature

Indexed keywords

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84869475057     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2012.710273     Document Type: Article

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