Estimation and prediction of plant species richness in a mosaic landscape

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-226

  Waldhardt, Rainer ^a   Simmering, Dietmar ^a   Otte, Annette ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural mosaic landscape; Binomial distribution; Erda; Germany; Habitat patter; Land use change; Land use pattern; Land use scenario; Mosaic concept; Probability calculation; Species area relation; Vascular plant species richness

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT MOSAIC; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HESSE;

ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 1842587802     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:LAND.0000021722.08588.58     Document Type: Article

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