Elevational shifts, biotic homogenization and time lags in vegetation change during 40 years of climate warming

Ecography

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 546-555

  Savage, Josée ^a   Vellend, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTIC FACTOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELEVATION; POPULATION DECLINE; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WARMING;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84930156411     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01131     Document Type: Article

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