Patterns and Current Changes in Alpine Plant Diversity
Ecological studiesPublished 1 January 1995
Georg Grabherr, Michael D. Gottfried, Andrea Grüber, Harald Pauli
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Coral reefs, mangroves, the arctic tundra, and high mountain ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to global warming and may be affected in different ways and to various extents.
Abstract
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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