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Tamis, W.L.M.; Zelfde, M. van ’t; Meijden, R. van der. |
The Dutch databases FLORIVON en FlorBase are nation-wide databases which contain about 10 million records of occurrence of vascular plant species, collected in the 20th century on a scale of approximately 1 square km. In this study, these data are statistically analysed to find and identify relations between changes in botanical biodiversity and changes in climate and other environmental factors. Prior to the analysis, the data have been corrected for several major forms of survey bias. The records are grouped into three intervals covering the 20th century: 1902–1949, 1975–1984, and 1985–1999. For the intervals 1902–1949 and 1975–1984, we find small but significant increases in the presence of both ‘warm’ and ‘cold’ species. However, in the final decades... |
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
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Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/528432 |
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