Correlates of vascular plant species richness in fragmented indigenous forests: Assessing the role of local and regional factors

Community Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-54

  Ohlemuller R ^a   Bannister, P ^a   Dickinson, K J M ^a   Walker, S ^b   Anderson, B J ^a   Wilson, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Fragmentation; Landscape matrix; New Zealand; Plant functional group

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

FAGUS; FILICOPHYTA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS MENZIESII; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 17044441643     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.5.2004.1.5     Document Type: Article

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