Plant species richness in Fennoscandia: evaluating the relative importance of climate and history

• Published in: Nordic Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Grytnes, John Arvid, Birks, H. J. B., Peglar, Sylvia M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1999
• Subjects: Gam; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.1999.tb01233.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1756-1051.1999.tb01233.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1756-1051.1999.tb01233.x

In Fennoscandia, the species richness of vascular plants in 75 × 75 km squares is highly correlated with geographical (latitude and longitude) and climatic variables (accumulated respiration sum, mean January temperature, and mean July temperature). When generalised additive models (GAM) are used, o...