Climate-related range shifts - a global multidimensional synthesis and new research directions

Ecography

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-28

  Lenoir, J ^a   Svenning, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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ANIMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84921436269     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.00967     Document Type: Article

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