Latitudinal and Elevational Range Shifts under Contemporary Climate Change

Encyclopedia of Biodiversity: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 599-611

  Lenoir, Jonathan ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Altitude; Climate change; Climate warming; Dispersal; Ecological niche; Elevation; Latitude; Population dynamics; Range core; Range edge; Range margin; Range shift; Species' distribution; Species' range; Time lag

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009065312     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384719-5.00375-0     Document Type: Chapter

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