Microrefugia: Not for everyone

Ambio

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 60-68

  Hylander, Kristoffer ^a   Ehrlén, Johan ^a   Luoto, Miska ^b   Meineri, Eric ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate forcing factor; Limiting factor; Population; Refugia; Resilience; Topography

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIMITING FACTOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RANGE EXPANSION; REFUGIUM; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURVIVAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84920843470     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: 16547209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0599-3     Document Type: Article

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