GMBA mountain definition published! (m.T)

We are happy to announce that the GMBA mountain definition has now been published!  It builds the scientific backbone of the GMBA Mountain Biodiversity Portal athttp://www.mountainbiodiversity.org. Seven climate-defined life zones in mountains facilitate large-scale (global) comparisons of biodiversity information.

Christian Körner, Jens Paulsen und Eva M. Spehn (2011) A definition of mountains and their bioclimatic belts for global comparisons of biodiversity data. Alpine Botany, DOI 10.1007/s00035-011-0094-4

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