Impacts of different climate stabilisation scenarios on plant species in Europe Export

@article{citeulike:1045976, abstract = {With the use of goals from the Convention on Biological Diversity we evaluated two climate stabilisation profiles on their merits for conservation of biodiversity, comparing them with a baseline profile. Focusing on plant ecosystems at the pan-European level, we concluded that although a maximum global-mean temperature increase of 2 [deg]C is likely to be met in a 550 ppmv CO2-equivalent stabilisation profile, large areas of ecosystems in Europe will be affected. Most of the impacts manifest themselves in northern countries, with a high net increase of plant species, and in Mediterranean countries, with a decrease in the number of plant species and stable area. Other impacts are less robust, given the regional variation in climate results for different climate models.}, author = {Bakkenes, Michel and Eickhout, Bas and Alkemade, Rob}, citeulike-article-id = {1045976}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2005.11.001}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0959378005000725}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VFV-4HYMY36-1/2/3d6b955134cc3ea236ea91464ae89682}, doi = {10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2005.11.001}, journal = {Global Environmental Change}, keywords = {climate, vegetation}, month = {February}, number = {1}, pages = {19--28}, posted-at = {2009-04-03 13:13:29}, priority = {2}, title = {Impacts of different climate stabilisation scenarios on plant species in Europe}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2005.11.001}, volume = {16}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1045976 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1045976 N2 - With the use of goals from the Convention on Biological Diversity we evaluated two climate stabilisation profiles on their merits for conservation of biodiversity, comparing them with a baseline profile. Focusing on plant ecosystems at the pan-European level, we concluded that although a maximum global-mean temperature increase of 2 [deg]C is likely to be met in a 550 ppmv CO2-equivalent stabilisation profile, large areas of ecosystems in Europe will be affected. Most of the impacts manifest themselves in northern countries, with a high net increase of plant species, and in Mediterranean countries, with a decrease in the number of plant species and stable area. Other impacts are less robust, given the regional variation in climate results for different climate models. IS - 1 JF - Global Environmental Change EP - 28 TI - Impacts of different climate stabilisation scenarios on plant species in Europe VL - 16 SP - 19 KW - climate KW - vegetation AU - Bakkenes, Michel AU - Eickhout, Bas AU - Alkemade, Rob PY - 2006/02// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2005.11.001 ER -