Species richness of vascular plants in the subarctic landscape of northern finland: Modelling relationships to the environment

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1181-1201

  Heikkinen, Risto K ^a,c   Neuvonen, Seppo ^b  

^a Department of Biology ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Generalized linear models; Hotspots; Scale; Species richness; Subarctic

Indexed keywords

MODELLING; PREDICTIVE MODEL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; VASCULAR PLANT;

FINLAND; KEVO NATURE RESERVE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0030819371     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018356823171     Document Type: Article

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