Short-term variation in species richness across an altitudinal gradient of alpine summits

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3157-3186

  Venn, Susanna ^a,b   Pickering, Catherine ^a   Green, Ken ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate change; Flora survey; GLORIA; Re visitation study; Snowy Mountains; Species migration

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIELD SURVEY; GLOBAL WARMING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION MIGRATION; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURNOVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84870312860     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0359-2     Document Type: Article

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