Effects of landscape patterns on species richness - A modelling approach

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 98, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 353-361

  Steiner, Nathalie Céline ^a   Köhler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community structure; Landscape aggregation; Modelling; Spatial pattern; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0141838849     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(03)00095-1     Document Type: Article

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