Will plant movements keep up with climate change?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 482-488

  Corlett, Richard T ^a   Westcott, David A ^b  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EID: 84880740902     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.04.003     Document Type: Review

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