Disjunct populations of European vascular plant species keep the same climatic niches

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1401-1412

  Wasof, Safaa ^a   Lenoir, Jonathan ^a   Aarrestad, Per Arild ^b   Alsos, Inger Greve ^c   Armbruster, W Scott ^d,e   Austrheim, Gunnar ^f   Bakkestuen, Vegar ^b   Birks, H John B ^g,h   Bråthen, Kari Anne ^c   Broennimann, Olivier ⁱ   Brunet, Jörg ^j   Bruun, Hans Henrik ^k   Dahlberg, Carl Johan ^l   Diekmann, Martin ^m   Dullinger, Stefan ⁿ   Dynesius, Mats ^o   Ejrnæs, Rasmus ^p   Gégout, Jean Claude ^q,r   Graae, Bente Jessen ^f   Grytnes, John Arvid ^g   Guisan, Antoine ⁱ   Hylander, Kristoffer ^l   Jónsdóttir, Ingibjörg S ^s,t   Kapfer, Jutta ^u   Klanderud, Kari ^v   Luoto, Miska ^w   Milbau, Ann ^o,x   Moora, Mari ^y   Nygaard, Bettina ^p   Odland, Arvid ^z   Pauli, Harald ^aa   Ravolainen, Virve ^ab   Reinhardt, Stefanie ^z   Sandvik, Sylvi Marlen ^ac   Schei, Fride Høistad ^u   Speed, James D M ^f   Svenning, Jens Christian ^p   Thuiller, Wilfried ^ad   Tveraabak, Liv Unn ^ae   Vandvik, Vigdis ^g   Velle, Liv Guri ^u   Virtanen, Risto ^af   Vittoz, Pascal ⁱ   Willner, Wolfgang ^ag   Wohlgemuth, Thomas ^ah   Zimmermann, Niklaus E ^ah   Zobel, Martin ^y   Decocq, Guillaume ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^j SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^l STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^o UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^p AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^q AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^r CEMAGREF   (France)

^s UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^t UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^u NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^v NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^w UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^x RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^y UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^z UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^ab NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^ad UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^ae NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^af UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^ag Vienna Institute for Nature Conservation and Analyses   (Austria)

^ah SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Alpine plants; Arctic plants; Climatic niche; Disjunct distribution; Distant populations; Niche conservatism; Niche optimum; Niche overlap; Niche width; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NICHE BREADTH; NICHE OVERLAP; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VASCULAR PLANT;

ALPS; FENNOSCANDIA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84946487909     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12375     Document Type: Article

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