The influence of geomorphological heterogeneity on biodiversity: II. A landscape perspective

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 371-379

  Nichols, William F ^a   Killingbeck, Keith T ^a   August, Peter V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT HETEROGENEITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

RHODE ISLAND; USA;

EID: 0031945213     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96237.x     Document Type: Article

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