Mountain biodiversity patterns at low and high latitudes

Ambio

Volumn 33, Issue SPEC. ISS. 13, 2004, Pages 24-28

  Molau, Ulf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Botanical Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GLOBAL CHANGE; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BARTSIA; CALCEOLARIA;

SNOW;

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; COLD CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PLANT; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS; SNOW; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 8744297357     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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