Modelling the effects of landscape pattern and grazing regimes on the persistence of plant species with high conservation value in grasslands in south-eastern Sweden

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 315-332

  Cousins, Sara A O ^a,b   Lavorel, Sandra ^c,d   Davies, Ian ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Dept of Botany ^*  (Sweden)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; LAMOS; Land use; Landscape history; Modelling; Plant Functional Groups; Semi natural grassland

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; PERSISTENCE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0037810243     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024400913488     Document Type: Article

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