Threatened species in a vanishing habitat: Plants and invertebrates in calcareous grasslands in the Swiss Jura mountains

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1407-1416

  Niemela, Jari ^b   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Calcareous grassland; Indicator species; Species diversity; Switzerland; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRASSLAND; INVERTEBRATE; PLANT;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032450505     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008835529764     Document Type: Article

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