Trends and fluctuations in species abundance and richness in Mediterranean annual pastures

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-28

  Peco, B ^a   Espigares, T ^b   Levassor, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autumn rainfall distribution; Generalized Linear Models; Post ploughing succession; Topography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002545490     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1479082     Document Type: Article

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