Effects of area, environmental status and environmental variation on species richness per unit area in Mediterranean wetlands

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-280

  Rey Benayas, Jose M ^a   Colomer, Manuel G S ^b   Levassor, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diversity pattern; Energy; Montane; Slope; Soil wetness; Species area relationship

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; WETLAND;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0033117869     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237149     Document Type: Article

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