Landscape patch shape complexity as an effective measure for plant species richness in rural landscapes

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 657-669

  Moser, Dietmar ^a   Zechmeister, Harald G ^a   Plutzar, Christoph ^a   Sauberer, Norbert ^a   Wrbka, Thomas ^a   Grabherr, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodiversity prediction; Bryophytes; Landscape indices; Rural landscape; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; COMPLEXITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATCH SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

BRYOPHYTES; PTERIDOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0036970933     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021513729205     Document Type: Article

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