Building the niche through time: Using 13,000 years of data to predict the effects of climate change on three tree species in Europe

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 302-317

  Maiorano, L ^a   Cheddadi, R ^b   Zimmermann, N E ^c   Pellissier, L ^a   Petitpierre, B ^a   Pottier, J ^a   Laborde, H ^b   Hurdu, B I ^d,e   Pearman, P B ^c   Psomas, A ^c   Singarayer, J S ^f   Broennimann, O ^a   Vittoz, P ^a   Dubuis, A ^a   Edwards, M E ^g   Binney, H A ^g   Guisan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Romania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Europe; Forecasting; Fundamental niche; Holocene; Realized niche; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; NICHE; PALEOCLIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

EUROPE;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84873973589     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2012.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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