Combined effects of climate and management on plant diversity and pollination type in alpine grasslands

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 386-395

  Hoiss, Bernhard ^a   Gaviria, Julian ^b   Leingärtner, Annette ^a   Krauss, Jochen ^a   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradient; Climate change; Hump shaped species richness relationships; Land use change; Life history traits; Pollination types

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GRASSLAND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

ALPS; GERMANY;

HEXAPODA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84875062280     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00941.x     Document Type: Article

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