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Extinction debt of high-mountain plants under twenty-first-century climate change [1]

Using information on current species distributions and dispersal traits, this study forecasts climate-driven range dynamics of plant species across the European Alps. Simulations predict moderate range contractions over the twenty-first century; however, more severe effects of climate warming on mountain plant diversity are expected in the longer term.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2012
Stefan Dullinger [2], Andreas Gattringer [3], Wilfried Thuiller & et al [4]
Nature Climate Change [5]
2
8
619-622
Tags:
Climate Change [6], Flora [7], Climate Impacts [8], Extinct Species [9], Mountains [10], Alps [11], Climate Science [12]
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