Functional groups in phytoecology: An application to the study of isolated plant communities in Mediterranean France

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-274

  Médail, Frédéric ^a   Roche, Philip ^a   Tatoni, Thierry ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Biological conservation; Disturbances; Fragmentation; Functional diversity; Functional groups; Mediterranean type ecosystems; Terrestrial islands

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; ISOLATED POPULATION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

FRANCE; LUBERON; MAURES; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

EID: 0032079122     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(98)80030-1     Document Type: Article

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