How important are large vs. small forest remnants for the conservation of the woodland flora in an urban context?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-298

  Godefroid, Sandrine ^a   Koedam, Nico ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ancient forest species; Belgium; Ellenberg's indicator values; Habitat fragmentation; SLOSS; Specie area relationship; Species richness; Theory of island biogeography; Woodlot isolation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; PATCH DYNAMICS; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; WOODLAND; FOREST; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; BRUSSELS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0043267523     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2003.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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