Mountain roads shift native and non-native plant species ranges
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11 Climate Impacts Research Centre (CIRC), Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, SE-981 07 Abisko, Sweden 12 Research Institute for Nature and Forest INBO, Department of Biodiversity and Natural Environment, 1070 Brussels, Belgium Corresponding author: Jonas J. Lembrechts, Centre of Excellence of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. E-mail: [email protected] Decision date: 19-Feb-2016
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