Conservation of threatened habitat types under future climate change - Lessons from plant-distribution models and current extinction trends in southern Germany

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 27, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-25

  Buse, Jörn ^a,b   Boch, Steffen ^c   Hilgers, Jörg ^d   Griebeler, Eva Maria ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b France   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bogs; Fens; Land cover; Mountain hay meadows; Natura 2000; Wet meadows; Xero thermic habitats

Indexed keywords

BOG; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTINCTION; FEN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; LAND COVER; MEADOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR PLANT; VULNERABILITY;

GERMANY;

NARDUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84939160759     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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