Patterns of species richness in a limestone grassland under different treatments in relation to spatial scale

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-266

  Huber, Renate ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ecological Research Station   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Alvar; Habitat heterogeneity; Patch diversity; Plot size; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033386322     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1478989     Document Type: Article

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