Working toward integrated models of alpine plant distribution

Alpine Botany

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 41-53

  Carlson, Bradley Z ^a   Randin, Christophe F ^b   Boulangeat, Isabelle ^a   Lavergne, Sébastien ^a   Thuiller, Wilfried ^a   Choler, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine plants; Alpine specific drivers; Integrated approach; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PLANT; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALPS;

EID: 84885621591     PISSN: 16642201     EISSN: 1664221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00035-013-0117-4     Document Type: Article

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