Assessing changes in plant distribution patterns - Indicator species versus plant functional types

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-27

  Cousins, Sara A O ^a   Lindborg, Regina ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Grassland succession; Land use change; Monitoring; Sweden; Wetness gradient

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; MANAGERS; MONITORING; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

GRASSLAND SUCCESSION; LAND-USE CHANGE; SWEDEN; WETNESS GRADIENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BIOINDICATOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 1242308505     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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