Rock outcrops as potential biodiversity refugia under climate change in North Patagonia

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 353-361

  Speziale, Karina L ^a   Ezcurra, Cecilia ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

climate change; microclimate; refugia; rock outcrops; species composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929509407     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2014.983200     Document Type: Article

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