Effects of area, age and diversity of forest patches in Belgium on plant species richness, and implications for conservation and reforestation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-84

  Honnay, O ^a   Hermy, M ^a   Coppin, P ^a  

^a Lab Chem Biol Dynam Univ L   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Forest plant species; Fragmentation; Habitat diversity; Old forest; SLOSS; Stochastic extinction

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; RESERVE DESIGN;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0032889487     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00038-X     Document Type: Article

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