Phenological and elevational shifts of plants, animals and fungi under climate change in the European Alps.
biodiversity redistribution
climate change velocity
disequilibrium dynamics
global warming
migration
mountain ecosystems
phenological mismatches
upslope shift
Journal
Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
ISSN: 1469-185X
Titre abrégé: Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0414576
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2021
10 2021
Historique:
revised:
13
04
2021
received:
10
09
2020
accepted:
15
04
2021
pubmed:
29
4
2021
medline:
26
10
2021
entrez:
28
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Mountain areas are biodiversity hotspots and provide a multitude of ecosystem services of irreplaceable socio-economic value. In the European Alps, air temperature has increased at a rate of about 0.36°C decade
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
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IM
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1816-1835Informations de copyright
© 2021 Cambridge Philosophical Society.
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