Diversity patterns in grasslands along a landscape gradient in northwestern France

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 287-294

  Alard, Didier ^a   Poudevigne, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Canonical Correspondence Analysis; Community organisation; Community structure; Landscape dynamics; Ordination

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FRANCE; NORMANDY; SEINE VALLEY;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0034121143     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236809     Document Type: Article

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