Topographically controlled thermal-habitat differentiation buffers alpine plant diversity against climate warming - Scherrer, Daniel; Körner, Christian (Journal of biogeography, 2011)
Keywords: Alpine plants; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; biogeography; Biological and medical sciences; climate; Climate change; Climate models; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change; Earth, ocean, space; Environmental gradients; Exact sciences and technology; expert opinion; External geophysics; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; global warming; habitat destruction; habitat preferences; indicator species; indicator values; landscapes; Meteorology; micro-habitat; microhabitats; Plants; risk; Sloping terrain; snow distribution; Soil temperature; Soil temperature regimes; Species; species diversity; Surface temperature; Switzerland; Synecology; Temperature measuring instruments; temporal variation; thermometry; Vegetation; Switzerland; Europe; Warming; snow distribution; Snow; Biogeography; Surface temperature; Switzerland; Indicator; indicator values; micro-habitat; Dynamical climatology; Climate change; Species diversity; Alpine vegetation; Habitat; Differentiation; thermometry; Soil temperature