Article
Cross-scale analysis of the region effect on vascular plant species diversity in southern and northern European mountain ranges.
PloS one - 22 Dec 2010
Lenoir Jonathan, Gégout Jean-Claude, Guisan Antoine, Vittoz Pascal, Wohlgemuth Thomas, Zimmermann Niklaus E, Dullinger Stefan, Pauli Harald, Willner Wolfgang, Grytnes John-Arvid, Virtanen Risto, Svenning Jens-Christian
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The divergent glacial histories of southern and northern Europe affect present-day species diversity at coarse-grained scales in these two regions, but do these effects also penetrate to the more fine-grained scales of local communities? METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We carried out a cross-scale analysis to address this question for vascular plants in two mountain regions, the Alps in southern...
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