Changes in the summit flora of a Mediterranean mountain (Sierra Nevada, Spain) as a possible effect of climate change

Lazaroa

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-75

  Fernández Calzado, Maria Rosa ^a   Molero Mesa, Joaquin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endemism; Frequency; GLORIA; High mountain plants; Resurvey; Species cover; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRAGMENTATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84893345952     PISSN: 02109778     EISSN: 19883307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_LAZA.2013.v34.n1.41523     Document Type: Article

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