Plant species richness in midfield islets and road verges - The effect of landscape fragmentation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 500-509

  Cousins, Sara A O ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Extinction; GIS; History; Remnant habitats

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 28544443392     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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