The distribution of plant species in urban vegetation fragments

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 493-507

  Bastin, Lucy ^a   Thomas, Chris D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area; Colonisation; Conservation; Extinction; Isolation; Metapopulation

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FORM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0032843462     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008036207944     Document Type: Article

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