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Patterns and Current Changes in Alpine Plant Diversity

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Arctic and Alpine Biodiversity: Patterns, Causes and Ecosystem Consequences

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 113))

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Global warming, resulting from increased concentrations of greenhouse gases, may affect ecosystems in different ways and to various extents (Emanuel et al. 1985; Bolin et al. 1986; Solomon and Shugart 1993, etc.). Coral reefs, mangroves, the arctic tundra, and high mountain ecosystems are particularly vulnerable (Markham et al. 1993).

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  1. Institute of Plant Physiology, Department of Vegetation Ecology and Conservation Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    G. Grabherr, M. Gottfried, A. Gruber & H. Pauli

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  1. Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, 94720-3140, Berkeley, CA, USA

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Grabherr, G., Gottfried, M., Gruber, A., Pauli, H. (1995). Patterns and Current Changes in Alpine Plant Diversity. In: Chapin, F.S., Körner, C. (eds) Arctic and Alpine Biodiversity: Patterns, Causes and Ecosystem Consequences. Ecological Studies, vol 113. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78966-3_12

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